Meeting the Other Crowd: The Fairy Stories of Hidden Ireland
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Meeting the Other Crowd: The Fairy Stories of Hidden Ireland

Paperback – February 2, 2004

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Price
$15.95
Format
Paperback
Pages
352
Publisher
TarcherPerigee
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1585423071
Dimensions
5.46 x 0.95 x 8.23 inches
Weight
11 ounces

Description

"Mr. Lenihan is one of the few traditional story-tellers--seanchai in Gaelic--still working in Ireland." Storyteller, teacher, folklorist, and author of numerous books and recordings, Eddie Lenihan has been collecting stories from the elders of Southern Ireland for twenty-seven years and sharing them with audiences around the world through radio, television, and live presentation. Lenihan lives in County Clare, Ireland.

Features & Highlights

  • "The Other Crowd," "The Good People," "The Wee Folk," and "Them" are a few of the names given to the fairies by the people of Ireland. Honored for their gifts and feared for their wrath, the fairies remind us to respect the world we live in and the forces we cannot see. In these tales of fairy forts, fairy trees, ancient histories, and modern true-life encounters with
  • The Other Crowd
  • , Eddie Lenihan opens our eyes to this invisible world with the passion and bluntness of a seanchai, a true Irish storyteller.

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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learn so very much!!!

fabulous informative and wonderfully written stories/accounts of interaction with these other beings. I TOTALLY believe in this, and this book did a great job of dispelling that corny rubbish idea of fairies being sweet and delicate and spreading glitter everywhere they go. These creatures can be brutal! very good stories~ Ireland is a must see on my bucket list. This stuff is scary!
11 people found this helpful
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An invaluable source of Irish oral history

Well documented accounts of Irish encounters with the "other crowd", who have also been called fairies. They are of course nothing like tinkerbell. Highly recommended.
5 people found this helpful
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Interesting contemporary folklore

It is always wonderful to hear from a great traditional story-teller. This collction is fascinating because it is a collection of fairly contemporary stories about encounters with the Fair Ones. If the Fair Folk are of interest to you, this is a treasurer trove. I recommend it for all Pagans as well as folklorists, scholars, people who are interested in Ireland, etc.
4 people found this helpful
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Hold on to Old Ways

I don't know why anybody would want to forget these fairy legends. I don't know why people would abandon the Celtic harp. These are the heart and soul of an ancient people. People need to hold on to the best part of their culture. This book keeps the voice of the elders alive. I loved this book.
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The lyrical voice of old Ireland

Eddie Lenihan is one of the last seanchai, the old time storytellers of Ireland, and he's been collecting stories for decades, setting onto paper the fading light of the oral tradition. This book is full of the music of Ireland, that lyrical voice of Celtic storymakers and true fairy lore: sometimes dark and threatening, sometimes funny, always walking the line between the mystical and the hardtack reality of "back in them times." I'd recommend it to anyone who loves a good story and the testimony of real people about a forgotten way of living. I've loved reading it.
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Wonderful book!

Wonderful book! I gave one as a present to a friend who enjoyed reading it as much as I did. This is a book I will treasure.
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Five Stars

great read
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Ireland and Her People Introduce you to the Good Folk

I was lucky enough to spot this gem in the National Leprechaun Museum in Dublin. It's an amazing book of both fairy lore and Irish culture. The stories in this book are presented exactly as they were told to the authors, complete with whatever dialect, slang, or speech idiosyncrasies were particular to the original teller.

This isn't the most academic book of lore you will find, but it's an incredibly unique and authentic approach to the subject matter, and so belongs on the shelf of any lover of fairies, folklore, or Ireland.
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Five Stars

great addition to my library

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