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| Title | Traces of the Elder Faiths of Ireland: A Folklore Sketch; a Handbook of Irish Pre-Christian Traditions, Volume 1 Traces of the Elder Faiths of Ireland: A Folklore Sketch; a Handbook of Irish Pre-Christian Traditions, William Gregory Wood-Martin |
| Author | William Gregory Wood-Martin |
| Publisher | Longmans, Green, and Company, 1902 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Nov 21, 2005 |
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