Ireland’s darkest, oddest and weirdest secrets uncovered

norgabbi-breathes:

lumberhexual:

surroundedbyselcouth:

“Half a million pages have been digitised by the National Folklore Collection, of which more than 100,000 pages have now been transcribed by volunteers, revealing the fairy situation in every townland, the types of leprechaun and butter churn common to each area, the names of people who tried to steal gold and what happened to them, or who had relationships with mermaids. There is material on local cures, holy wells, strange animals, travelling folk and spirits.”

Oh. My. God.

Well, that’s reading material for the next decade sorted.

As if I didn’t have enough to catch up on.

(via the-barefoot-hatter)