Tales of the Fairies and of the Ghost World: Collected from Oral Tradition in South-West Munster. London: David Nutt, 1895. First Edition. Pp xii, 198, [2], uncut. Publisher’s green cloth with gilt lettering and clover motifs on the front board. Covers lightly worn & faded, ex library label to front pastedown, otherwise a good copy.

 A collection of thirty tales, including stories such as “John Connors and the Fairies,” “The Midwife of Listowel,” and “Tom Moore and the Seal Woman.” The collection focuses on both fairy lore and ghost stories from the Munster region. With a preface by the publisher Alfred Nutt.

Jeremiah Curtin was a renowned American linguist and folklorist. He collected these tales directly from oral tradition in the south-west of Munster, Ireland. His work is considered a significant contribution to the documentation of Irish folklore.