Celtic Interest
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A Glossary of the Demetian Dialect
William Meredith Morris based this book on the dialect of the Gwaun Valley in North Pembrokeshire. He dedicated it to his mother, and all who love the dialect of Dyfed. His book is an essential refere.....
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A Week at the Lizard
The Reverend C. A. John's book was dated in the dedication, April 24th, 1848. The present facsimile reprint makes this interesting work available to -modern readers. It includes lucid descriptions of .....
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Ancient Siluria: Its Stones and Ceremonial Sites
Siluria, now South-East Wales, takes its name from its oldest-known inhabitants, the Silures. It includes Gwent, the Valleys, the Vale of Glamorgan and Gower; areas with ancient standing stones, buria.....
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Armorel of Lyonesse
She was in the boat holding the tiller, bareheaded, her hair flying in the breeze, the spray dashing into her face, and the clear blue water rushing past.
Armorel Rosevean is one of the last inhabi.....
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Arthur & The Britons In Wales and Scotland
Skene noted that the bardic poems in Old Welsh referring to the Arthurian period made frequent mention of localities in Scotland. He developed from this a theory that Arthur's battles were fought in t.....
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Arthurian and Knightly Art from The Middle Ages
Most of the designs featured in this book illustrate the romance of Tristrem and Ysonde (Tristan and Isoude), based on a Welsh legend which was later developed with Cornish and Arthurian connections. .....
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Arthurian Localities ( In Scotland )
This is a facsimile reprint of the edition of 1869. In his preface, the author states that "in 1868, Mr Skene published his edition of the Four Ancient Books of Wales, in the introduction and notes to.....
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Bards & Heroes
Commenting on the barbarians of Northern Europe, the Roman historian Tacitus remarked that the only form of history known to these people was their ancient songs. At the courts of Celtic and Germanic.....
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Betha Colmain Maic Luachan; Life of Colman Son of Luachan
This Life of a little-known Irish Saint, born towards the end of the sixth century, was printed and translated from a copy in the possession of the Town Library of Rennes. Kuno Meyer's edition is repr.....
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Celtic Crosses of Wales
with additional illustrations from Professor Westwood's "Lapidarium Walliae". This is of special interest to the serious student of Welsh Celtic art......
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Celtic Folk Tales from Armorica
These fascinating tales were collected in Armorican Brittany during the second half of the nineteenth century, at a time when the art of storytelling was still alive. They include tales of heroes who .....
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Celtic Legends of Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire is blessed with a rich store of legends and folklore. This book, illustrated in Celtic style by the author, includes stories from the Mabinogion and Lives of the Saints as well as tradit.....
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Celtic Legends of the Beyond
A fascinating glimpse into the beliefs and traditions of the culture of the Celtic lands of the western seabord of Europe......
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Celtic Legends of The Beyond: A Celtic Book Of The Dead
Samuel Weiser Edition Anatole LeBraz trans......
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Cornish Drolls
Cornish Drolls by Joseph Henry Pearce is edited with reset type by C. D. Pollard, from two collections of imaginative stories and fantasies, entitled Drolls from Shadowland and Tales of the Masque, wh.....
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From Ritual To Romance
Amongst the numerous 20th century writers on the Holy Grail, Jessie Weston has probably come closest to an understanding of the spiritual meaning of the quest and also of its possible origins from Mit.....
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Gerald of Wales on The Instruction of Princes
Concering the instruction of princes. Translated from the original Latin by Joseph Stevenson.
Gerald of Wales, Giraldus Cambrensis, was born about 1150 and died about 1223 A.D. Not only was he a volum.....
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Glastonbury Abbey during the Crusades
Adam of Domerham continued the history of William of Malmesbury from around 1100 to 1300 A.D., but his work is of a very different character, for, as the translator points out, he was a "terrible and .....
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Guingamor, Lanvel, Tyolet & Werewolf
Jessie L. Weston's rendering of four lays into English prose from the French of Marie de France and others is no. Ill of the series Arthurian Romances Unrepresented in Malory's "Morte d'Arthur." It wa.....
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Irish and Scottish Gaelic Names of Herbs, Plants, Trees, etc
Edmund Hogan was one of a few diligent scholars of Gaelic and historical references. He was professor of Irish Language and History at the University College of Dublin, and Todd Professor of Celtic at.....
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John Dyer Poems
John Dyer was born around 1700 in Aberglasney, Carmarthenshire, Wales. His father, Robert Dyer, was a solicitor there. John Dyer was educated at Westminster, and placed in his father's office, but he .....
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Joseph of Arimathie
W. W. Skeat's book includes: An ILLITERATIVE POEM WRITTEN ABOUT A.D.1350, FROM THE COPY IN THE VERNON MS. AT OXFORD: "THE LIFE OF JOSEPH OF ARIMATHY" REPRINTED FROM THE BLACK-LETTER COPY OF WYN.....
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Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts
Patrick Kennedy collected these Irish legends and tales around the middle of the nineteenth century "lest they should be irrecoverably lost". Some of them were first published in the Dublin University.....
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Mabinogion Legends
Lady Guest's translation of the Mabinogion, from the Red Book of Hergest, was described by T. W. Rollest-on as "a masterpiece of English literature." This volume, with new illustrations by Jo Conti, c.....
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Mabinogion Tales: The Dream of Rhonabwy, the Dream of Maxen
Strictly speaking the Mabinogion consists only of four interconnected tales known as the 'Four Branches of the Mabinogi', but several other Welsh romances from the Red Book of Hergest are often includ.....
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Mabinogion: The Four Branches
Lady Guest's translation of the Mabinogion, from the Red Book of Hergest, was described by T. W. Rolleston as "one of the masterpieces of English literature." This volume contains some of the oldest r.....
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Manx Calendar Customs
The first edition of this book came out under the auspices of the Folklore Society in 1942, a time at which it did not receive the notice that it deserved.
For its size it contains a large amount of i.....
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Manx Church Origins
The author's book sets the scene by describing the advent and early history of Christianity in the British Islands, followed by chapters dealing more specifically with the Isle of Man. The following i.....
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Naenia Cornubiae; the cromlechs and tumuli of Cornwall
The book by William Copeland Borlase is reprinted here in facsimile. It is a nineteenth-century classic on the archaeology of Cornwall, including cromlechs or dolmens, cone-shaped barrows, bowl barrow.....
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Names from the Dawn of British Legend: Taliesin, Anerin, Merlin, Arthur
These are names that define the very essence of a people caught up in the turmoils of the Dark Ages, from which Wales emerged As important as they were, the people who bore these names have been shrou.....
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Norman Sculpture & the Medieval Bestiaries
Originally two of the Rhind Lectures in Archaeology for 1885, Romilly Allen's introduction to early Christian symbolism is concise and his drawings are exceptionally clear. The entire series of Allen'.....
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Notes on the Older Churches in the Four Welsh Dioceses 2 vol set
This illustrated two-volume work is an important collection of reference material on the Welsh churches. The descriptions of mostly pre-reformation churches were made by Sir Stephen Glynne towards the.....
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Ogham Monuments in Wales
Edited from more monumental works, the texts provide an overview of nineteenth-century epigraphic scholarship. Romilly Allen's presentation of the history and background complements Brash's often idio.....
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Origins Of Pictish Symbolism
The last word on Pictish Symbolism has still not been written. Some of the nineteenth and early twentieth century writers, such as J. Romilly Allen, contented themselves with purely descriptive design.....
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Ossian
First published in the 1760s and purporting to be authentic translations 'from the Gaelic or Erse language' of works by an ancient poet called Ossian, James Macpherson's Fingal and Temora were greeted.....
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Owen Glendower
Sir J. E. Lloyd's classic study of Owain Glendwr is here reprinted as a facsimile of the first edition, published by Oxford University Press in 1931; a book that has stood the test of time. In his pre.....
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Peredur, an Arthurian Romance
Modern Trans.
Peredur was a chieftan from the North of Britain, York to be exact. But like many other Northern heroes he became localised in Wales and was the subject of a number of tales, telling .....
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Rites & Monuments of The Cathedral Church of Durham
A description of all the ancient monuments, rites and customs within the Monastical Church of Durham before the suppression. Written in 1593. Facsimile of 1842 Surtees ed......
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Sanas Cormaic(Cormac's Glossary in Irish)
A facsimile reprint from Anecdota from Irish Manuscripts edited by Bergin, Best, Meyer and O'Keefe, vol. V., Hodges Figgis & Co., Dublin, 1913......
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Sir Cleges, Sir Libeaus Desconus
Jessie L. Weston's English prose renderings of these two Old English metrical romances is no. V of the series Arthurian Romances Unrepresented in Malory's "Morte d'Arthur." It was first published by D.....
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Sir Gawain & the Lady of Lys
Jessie L. Western's English translation from Wauchier de Denain's section of the Conte del Graal is no. VII of the series Arthurian Romances Unrepresented in Malory's "Morte d'Arthur." It was first pu.....
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Sir Gawain at the Grail Castle
Jessie L. Weston's English renderings of three versions from the Conte del Graal, Diu Crone, and the Prose Lancelot is no. VI of the series Arthurian Romances Unrepresented in Malory's "Morte d'Arthur.....
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Somerset Places And Legends
This book, illustrated by the author's endearing drawings, takes the reader to twenty specially selected places with origins reaching right back into the earliest times. Many of them are endowed with .....
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Studies in Early Celtic Nature Poetry
The Irish and Welsh poems described in this study constitute what has come to be called the "early Celtic nature poetry". The name has been the accepted one for these poems as a whole because they dea.....
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Symbolism in Christian Art
First published in 1891, this paperback reprint is a facsimile of the fifth edition of 1909.
An account of the history principles and practice of symbolism in Christian Art......
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Symbolism of The Celtic Cross
Ancient pillar stones, market crosses, and ornamented Celtic crosses all share a common basic symbolism, that of the world-axis or link between heaven and earth. The main feature of the ornamented Cel.....
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Taliesin Poems trans.
The poetry of Taliesin is of enduring interest. Taliesin is best-known for a number of poems reflecting the ancient lore and belief of the Cymric Celts; but he did not write them. Here we present the .....
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The Antiquities of Glastonbury
by William of Malmesbury and translated by Frank Lomax.
W. of M. is generally regarded as one of the most astute and reliable of the medieaval historians. His book covers the period from AD 63 to 1126.....
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The Architectural History of Glastonbury Abbey
A facsimile reprint of the 1866 edition.
The Abbey of Glastonbury is one of those to which a peculiar interest has always been attached. The boldness of its legendary history, which claims for its sit.....
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The Banquet of Dun Nan-Gedh & The Battle of the Magh Rath.
Set down in the 12th century but drawing on sources of much greater antiquity, these two linked stories are cast in the mould of the early Irish myths and sagas and yet bear impressively on real histo.....
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The Black Book of Carmarthen
A product of St. John's Priory, Carmarthen, the famous Black Book includes a mixture of thirteenth-century secular and religious items penned by a Welsh monk, but there are also passages purporting to.....
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The Celtic Christianity of Cornwall
Thomas Taylor's book includes chapters on the Celts, Cornwall and Brittany, the Celtic community of Cornwall, the monastery-bishoprics of Cornwall, the evolution of the diocesan bishopric, Cornish sai.....
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The Celtic Dragon Myth
The Dragon Myth occurs in many lands; it seems to have originated from the region of the Eastern Mediterranean. Here it is presented in the forms in which J. F. Campbell found it in the Highlands and .....
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The Celtic Element of the English People
John Davies wrote a number of papers on the Celtic element of the English people that were published in the latter part of the nineteenth century in the pages of Archaeologia Cambrensis, viz:
The Cel.....
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The Celtic Legends of Glamorgan
The county of Glamorgan is rich with the remains of its Celtic past. This book looks at the little-known legends and folklore that enrich Glamorgan's landscape, and includes tales from Cardiff, Neath .....
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The Celtic Sources of the Arthurian Legend
The Welsh have been celebrating the exploits of King Arthur in poetry and prose since the early Dark Ages, and there is much to suggest that their fellow Celts, Cornishmen, Bretons and Gaels, were als.....
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The Chronicle of the Kings of Britain
The interest in Peter Roberts' translation of The Chronicle of the Kings of Britain, attributed to Tysilio, lies in the controversy concerning whether or not it is the "Welsh book" referred to as his .....
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The Colloquey Of The Elders From The Sylva Gadelica Of Stand
An Irish narrative composed late in the twelfth century and found in the 15th century MS collection known as the Book Of Lismore. With a new introduction by Brendan McMahon.
Also known as the "Colloqu.....
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The Complaynt Of Scotlande
This is a facsimile reprint of the edition by James Murray which was published for the Early English Text Society in 1872. 19th Century Two Volumes.....
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The Culdees of the British Isles
Early Christian holy men. A facsimile reprint of the book by William Reeves published in Dublin, 1864. Despite its age, it is still a standard work of reference on the subject......
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The Drolls, Traditions & Superstitions of Old Cornwall 1 of 2
First Series. Robert Hunt's collection of tales and lore includes much of what has survived of the old Cornish Tradition. It was originally entitled ‘Popular Romances of the West of England,ââ.....
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The Drolls, Traditions & Superstitions of Old Cornwall 2 of 2
Second Series. Robert Hunt's collection of tales and lore includes much of what has survived of the old Cornish Tradition. It was originally entitled ‘Popular Romances of the West of England,â.....
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The Drolls, Traditions & Superstitions of Old Cornwall, both vols.
Popular Romances of The West of England in Two Series. First Series: Giants, Fairies, Tregagle, Mermaids, Lost Cities, Rocks, Fire Worship & Demons
Second Series: Saints, Holy Wells, Arthur, Sorcery,.....
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The Early Ethnology of the British Islands
A facsimile reprint of a classic study by John Rhys, who was Professor of Celtic in the University of Oxford. Originally delivered as the Rhind lectures in Archaeology, the work was serialized in the .....
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The Enthusiast; Father Ignatius of Norwich & Capel Y Ffin
Joseph Leycester Lyne was born in 1837, and lived for seventy one years, a stormy and enthusiastic life. His story is concerned with the religious extremes in the nineteenth century, the figure of Fat.....
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The Gododdin of Aneirin
The Gododdin is an heroic epic poem from the British "Dark Ages", written in Old Welsh in Southern Scotland about a battle fought in Northern England, possibly at Catterick in Yorkshire. Unlike most h.....
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The High Crosses of Ireland
As a descriptive introduction, J. Romilly Allen's work on the high crosses of Ireland has stood the test of time. His style is clear and concise, and his drawings enable to reader to form some impress.....
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The Lake Dwellings of Ireland
This is a facsimile reprint of an archæological classic on the crannogs or lake dwellings of Ireland, first published in 1886. It is generously illustrated by drawings of many of the archæologic.....
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The Last Abbot Of Glastonbury
The Last Abbot of Glastonbury was first published in 1895 and it was subsequently reprinted in 1908 along with a number of essays mostly dealing with aspects of life in the thirteenth century, by Fran.....
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The Last Battle Of The Gododdin: The Hidden Poem In Armes Prydein
In AD 600, the heroic Men of the North known as the Gododdin suffered an agonizing defeat at the Battle of Catraeth, lamented so movingly in Canu Aneirin. Then in 638, their capital of Edinburgh fell .....
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The Legendary XII Hides of Glastonbury
Did Joseph of Arimathea come to Glastonbury in the first century A.D., and establish the first Christian community in Britain? Did he receive a gift of twelve hides of land on which to establish his m.....
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The Monumental History of the Early British Church
This volume only gives a superficial view of the subject and is merely to give a general idea of the nature of the materials that are available for writing a more complete treatise. The author's chief.....
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The Mystical Way and The Arthurian Quest
The Arthurian Quest, and the Quest for the Holy Grail, is really about an ancient initiatic rite that came to be romantacized during the Middle Ages. Like the Quest of the Golden Fleece, or the Seven .....
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The Oldest Irish Tradition: A Window on the Iron Age
The Oldest Irish Tradition of the title is the Ulster Cycle of ancient tales centred on the warrior hero Cu Chullain and culminating in the epic Tain B6 Cualnge ("The Cattle-Raid ofCooley'). While th.....
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The Phynnodderree and other Legends of the Isle of Man
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The Physicians of Myddfai
This unique work is of great value to anyone interested in both herbal medicine and the folk traditions of Wales. Although the material dates back to the twelfth century, it is still recognized as a u.....
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The Romance & Prophecies of Thomas Erceldoune.
James Murray's book includes the complete text of the fif teeth century "Romance and Prophecies of Thomas of Erceldoune," with lenghthy illustrations from the prophetic literature of that and the foll.....
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The Romance of Morien
Jessie L. Weston's English translation of the Romance of Morien from the original Dutch is no. IV of the series Arthurian Romances Unrepresented in Malory's "Morte d'Arthur." It was first published by.....
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The Romano-British Period and Celtic Monuments
J.Romilly Allen's style is clear and concise, and his drawings help to give the reader an impression of what the ornament looked like when the stones were newly carved. The subject matter of this book.....
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The Tombs of the Kings
The Reilig Odhrain on the holy island of Iona is the most ancient graveyard in all Scotland. A centuries-old tradition claims it to be the burial ground of some sixty kings, Macbeth and Kenneth mac-Al.....
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The Vision Of MacConglinne
A Middle Irish Wonder Tale.
The famous Irish tale known as "The Vision of MacConglinne" is taken from the huge vellum codex known as the Leabhar Breac, or Speckled Book, now preserved in the Royal Ir.....
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The Voyage of Bran
The Voyage of Bran Son of Febal to the Land of the Living, an old Irish saga, was first edited, with a translation, notes and glossary, by Kuno Meyer, and published by David Nutt, London, 1895. It is .....
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The Water of Life: Springs and Wells of Mainland Britain
THE WATER OF LIFE:
SPRINGS AND WELLS OF MAINLAND BRITAIN
A new approach to the subject, offering
fresh insights into matters like Celtic well chapels, early hermit sites, and the significance of ch.....
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The Welsh Holy Greal - Y Seint Greal
There are two Arthurs. The Arthur of history is known from early Welsh poems, and he is probably the leader of the combined British resistance whom Gildas credits with having checked the advance of th.....
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The Welsh House - New paperback edition
From the great half-timbered halls of the east to the humble thatched cottages of the west, Wales has a remarkably rich heritage. Every area of the Principality has unique building traditions, details.....
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Three Irish Glossaries
This is a facsimile reprint of a work by Whitley Stokes first published by Williams and Norgate, London, Edinburgh and Oxford, in 1862, containing Cormac's Glossary, Codex A, O'Davoren's Glossary and .....
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Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall - 1 of 3
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Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall - 2 of 3
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Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall - 3 of 3
Third Series ( Stories and Folklore ) William Bottrell collected his material on the legends folktales and folklore of West Cornwall during the second half of the nineteenth century, long before radio.....
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Traditions and Hearthside Stories of West Cornwall, all 3 Vols.
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Twm Shon Catti: The Adventures and Vagaries of
Thomas Jeffrey Llewelyn Prichard (1790-1862) may be described as the author of the first Welsh novel, The Adventures and Vagaries of Twm Shon Catti, the first edition of which appeared in 1828. Revise.....
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Two Lives of Gildas
The "Vita Gildae," written by a monk of the monastery of Ruys in Brittany, is the longer, and more ancient of the two lives. It is presented with an introduction, notes, and an English translation by .....
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Welsh Folklore - Folktales & Legends from North Wales
Elias Owen's essay on the folk-tales and legends of North Wales won first prize at the National Eisteddfod for 1887. It was published in revised and enlarged form in 1896, and this paperback is a facs.....
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Welsh Proverbs
Of interest to scholars, students and Welsh-learners, Henry Halford Vaughan's comprehensive collection, which has long been out of print, is here reprinted in paperback form......
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