"...the faery and ghost kingdom is more stubborn than men dream
of. It will perhaps be always going and never gone." W.B. Yeats,
The Celtic Twilight "An interesting and unusual book: the first
extensive study of belief in fairies in Canada. . . . This is an
important book for anyone doing research into popular beliefs
and superstitions."--Edith Fowke, Books in Canada. ". . . a
treasure . . . thorough in its handling of archive material . .
. learning and imagination combined!"--Dr. George Story "The
fairies" of Newfoundland oral tradition are variously
envisioned, encountered, and interpreted, and this study
presents some of these concepts and experiences. Field research
provides the ethnographic emphasis on individual narrators and
situations, as well as the first major verbatim collections of
texts. Strange Terrain--winner of the 1992-93 Raymond-Klibansky
book prize awarded by the Canadian Federation for the
Humanities. Barbara Rieti has an M.A. in Folklore from the
University of California at Berkley and a