A world transformed: when hopes collapse & faiths collide

Patrick Logan

Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI)

Until very recently the local fair was an important event all over rural Ireland.  Besides the essential business of buying and selling livestock and their produce there was abundance of entertainment on offer around the fair green, with ballad singers, dancers, hucksters, and tricksters vying with each other for an audience.  The fair thus fulfilled and important social as well as economic function and, indeed, the few fairs which survive today - the Ould Lammas Fair at Ballycastle and the Puck Fair at Killorglin, for example - draw large crowds more for their entertainment value than for their agricultural significance.
In Fair Day, Patrick Logan traces the development of fairs in Ireland from their earliest days in the middle ages down to recent times, relating the activity of a typical fair day to the evolution of agriculture and farm practice in the country.  His account is both authoritative and lively, drawing on personal recollection and his own long experience of participation in fair all over Ireland.

Fair day: The story of Irish fairs and markets

Appletree Press, Ltd.

Irish Country Cures

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

They say nothing bad ever happens in quaint Askergan County. To Cody Lawrence it sounds like the perfect place for a family winter getaway. But everything 'they' say about Askergan is wrong... dead wrong. For the first time on record, a blizzard is blowing over Askergan—a storm so powerful that it knocks out a local power line, trapping his family inside with no heat and no electricity. Cody believes all he has to do is to protect his wife and daughters from frostbite. But when he hears a haunting voice in the blizzard urging him into the storm, he realizes that the stakes are much greater than frozen fingers and toes. Something in the driving snow wont be content until Cody heeds its call and delivers his entire family, presenting the gift of their smooth, supple skin... Readers describe Skin as: 
“…stomach churning…” “…vivid…” “…bizarre…” “…gripping…” “…engrossing…” If emotionally flawed characters, crisp dialogue, and action-driven plots turn your crank, then you will enjoy Logan’s psychological exploration of how guilt and remorse shape decisions in the face of unspeakable horror. Grab your copy of the raw, emotionally charged thriller Skin today! *Revised edition; includes editorial revisions and the first two chapters of the sequel Crackers* Other Books in the Insatiable Series Book 1: Skin Book 2: Crackers Book 3: Flesh

Skin (Insatiable Series)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

At a time when people are increasingly interested in natural medicine and holistic remedies, this book traces the history of folk medicine in Ireland and examines its continued popularity. It reviews a comprehensive range of country cures for both people and animals, noting that many remedies date back to early pagan times before the rise of medical science in the 19th century while others arose in the 20th century as an alternative to modern medicine. With often lighthearted humor, this guide examines how folk medicine has always been a curious blend of common sense and nonsense. From attempts to cure a child of dropsy by tying it up in a rope used to hang an innocent man to driving away whooping cough with medicine made from sheep droppings boiled in milk, this book looks at how practical observations and natural cures often went hand in hand with useless and often dangerous remedies.

Irish Folk Medicine

Alternative Medicine

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