Author: Niall Mac Coitir
Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd
ISBN: 1848890915
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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In ancient Ireland there were 365 different parts to the body, and a different plant to cure each part. So the wild plants of Ireland are bound up in our culture and folklore from the earliest times. To arry a four-leaved shamrock brings luck in gambling, while putting nine ivy leaves under her pillow means a girl will dream of her future husband. Here plants are described in seasonal order, a perspective dating back to our ancestors. Different aspects of plant folklore are examined following a brief history of traditional herbal medicine in Ireland. Included are their roles in magical protection, in charms and spells (especially for love!), as emblems in children's games, and in Irish place names.
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Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Author: Eliza Cook
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Languages : en
Pages : 442
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Author: J. Robert Lennon
Publisher: Graywolf Press
ISBN: 1555973280
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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The first substantial collection of short fiction from "a writer with enough electricity to light up the country" (Ann Patchett) "I guess the things that scare you are the things that are almost normal," observes one narrator in this collection of effervescent and often uncanny stories. Drawing on fifteen years of work, See You in Paradise is the fullest expression yet of J. Robert Lennon's distinctive and brilliantly comic take on the pathos and surreality at the heart of American life. In Lennon's America, a portal to another universe can be discovered with surprising nonchalance in a suburban backyard, adoption almost reaches the level of blood sport, and old pals return from the dead to steal your girlfriend. Sexual dysfunction, suicide, tragic accidents, and career stagnation all create surprising opportunities for unexpected grace in this full-hearted and mischievous depiction of those days (weeks, months, years) we all have when things just don't go quite right.
Author: James Howard Harris Earl of Malmesbury
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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Category : Almanacs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 82
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Author: Nancy J. Turner
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 9780774805339
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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Reprint of the revision of the 1975 edition. Each plant is illustrated in color with scientific name, family, a botanical description, habitat, distribution and its uses with warnings about similar, injurious, species. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: James Howard Harris Malmesbury (3d Earl of)
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Author: Earl of Malmesbury
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Languages : en
Pages : 728
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Author: Francis Francis
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368824260
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 442
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Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.
