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This is a new release of the original 1924 edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1913 Edition.
1913. At the outset the plan and scope of this book must be made
clear. It will be noticed that the belief in fairies and suchlike
beings is hardly touched upon at all, except in those instances
where fairy lore and witchcraft become inextricably blended. When
did witchcraft make its appearance in Ireland, and what was its
progress therein? It seems probable that this belief, together with
certain aspects of fairy lore previously unknown to the Irish, and
ideas relative to milk and butter magic, may in the main be counted
as results of the Anglo-Norman invasion, though it is possible that
an earlier installment of these came in with the Scandinavians.
There are numerous books about Irish Fairies, but this was one of
the first to focus on the Irish Ghost. The text visits haunted
houses from one end of the island to the other. We learn about
garden-variety ghosts as well as poltergeists and Banshees, and
find out what to do if a 'Headless Coach' shows up. Seymour
solicited the stories from newspaper readers, and many of them are
from respectable military, clergymen, and gentry. Seymour also
wrote Irish Witchcraft and Demonology. True Irish Ghost Stories is
a unique and very entertaining read, particularly for fans of Irish
tales, as well as the paranormal investigator.--J.B. Hare, May 6th,
2009.
There is something so natural, and at the same time so unnatural,
in seeing a door open when we know that there is no one on the
other side of it, or in hearing the sound of footsteps, and feeling
that it cannot be attributed to the feet of a mortal. These simple
yet compelling narratives provide amazing descriptions of
poltergeists and banshees, spirit-filled houses, deathbed scenes,
and uncanny fore warnings of death.
St. John D Seymour was a minister and explorer, who spent his life
documenting what he regarded as real-life examples of witches,
banshees, poltergeists, ghosts and apparitions. Many of the Gothic
romance and horror stories, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
1924. A book for the general reader of the various legends in the
name of the great King Solomon which the author has brought
together to form an idea of the legendary life of the king.
Contents: Solomon's birth and judgments; Solomon's wisdom and
knowledge; Solomon's power and magnificence; Solomon's magic
carpet; Solomon and the birds and beasts; finding of Shamir;
building of the temple; Solomon and the Queen of Sheba; daughter of
the pharaoh; Solomon in exile; Solomon in death.
St. John D Seymour was a minister and explorer, who spent his life
documenting what he regarded as real-life examples of witches,
banshees, poltergeists, ghosts and apparitions. Many of the
earliest Irish ghost stories, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
IT is said, though we cannot vouch for the accuracy of the
statement, that in a certain book on the natural history of Ireland
there occurs a remarkable and oft-quoted chapter on Snakes--the
said chapter consisting of the words, "There are no snakes in
Ireland." In the opinion of most people at the present day a book
on Witchcraft in Ireland would be of equal length and similarly
worded, except for the inclusion of the Kyteler case in the town of
Kilkenny in the first half of the fourteenth century. For, with the
exception of that classic incident, modern writers seem to hold
that the witch-cult never found a home in Ireland as it did
elsewhere. For example, the article on "Witchcraft" in the latest
edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica mentions England and
Scotland, then passes on to the Continent, and altogether ignores
this country; and this is, in general, the attitude adopted by
writers on the subject. In view of this it seems very strange that
no one has attempted to show why the Green Isle was so especially
favoured above the rest of the civilised world, or how it was that
it alone escaped the contracting of a disease that not for years
but for centuries had infected Europe to the core. As it happens
they may spare themselves the labour of seeking for an explanation
of Ireland's exemption, for we hope to show that the belief in
witchcraft reached the country, and took a fairly firm hold there,
though by no means to the extent that it did in Scotland and
England."
St. John D Seymour was a minister and explorer, who spent his life
documenting what he regarded as real-life examples of witches,
banshees, poltergeists, ghosts and apparitions. Many of the
earliest Irish ghost stories and tales of hauntings, particularly
those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce
and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works
in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original
text and artwork.
Many of the earliest occult stories, particularly those dating back
to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
1924. A book for the general reader of the various legends in the
name of the great King Solomon which the author has brought
together to form an idea of the legendary life of the king.
Contents: Solomon's birth and judgments; Solomon's wisdom and
knowledge; Solomon's power and magnificence; Solomon's magic
carpet; Solomon and the birds and beasts; finding of Shamir;
building of the temple; Solomon and the Queen of Sheba; daughter of
the pharaoh; Solomon in exile; Solomon in death.
1913. At the outset the plan and scope of this book must be made
clear. It will be noticed that the belief in fairies and suchlike
beings is hardly touched upon at all, except in those instances
where fairy lore and witchcraft become inextricably blended. When
did witchcraft make its appearance in Ireland, and what was its
progress therein? It seems probable that this belief, together with
certain aspects of fairy lore previously unknown to the Irish, and
ideas relative to milk and butter magic, may in the main be counted
as results of the Anglo-Norman invasion, though it is possible that
an earlier installment of these came in with the Scandinavians.
1913. At the outset the plan and scope of this book must be made
clear. It will be noticed that the belief in fairies and suchlike
beings is hardly touched upon at all, except in those instances
where fairy lore and witchcraft become inextricably blended. When
did witchcraft make its appearance in Ireland, and what was its
progress therein? It seems probable that this belief, together with
certain aspects of fairy lore previously unknown to the Irish, and
ideas relative to milk and butter magic, may in the main be counted
as results of the Anglo-Norman invasion, though it is possible that
an earlier installment of these came in with the Scandinavians.
THIS 22 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Tales of King
Solomon, by John D. Seymour. To purchase the entire book, please
order ISBN 0766131785.
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