The band began in the fall of 2011 playing for the monthly Crossroads Irish Set and Ceili Dancers of South Florida. To feature traditional ballads, Irish rebel songs, drinking songs, and other fun sing-alongs that raise your spirits. Croí na Céilí features anywhere from three to five musicians for the best traditional Irish music in south Florida. The Croí na Céilí Band is supported by Tir na mBlath.

Bells as a Defence Against the Supernatural. Being entirely honest, I have a lot of books. I doubt any of my readers will be surprised to find that many of them are about the supernatural in the Middle Ages and Early Modern. One thing that crops up again and again is the idea that bells have power over the supernatural. In as many as a quarter of my books, there are references to the idea that bells have the power to drive away demons and abate storms.

Not surprising when you consider that many contemporary Mayans avoid Alux like the proverbial plague, in the belief that encroaching on their territory may lead to swift and fatal retribution by these eerie little people of the rainforest. Isla De Las Munecas by M J Steel Collins.

Or storyteller, had less of a grip. Folk culture and belief was also strong until comparatively recent times, efforts by the Kirk and the notorious witch persecutions doing little to dampen it. Cunning men and women were consulted to cure all manner of ills, rituals performed to ensure healthy crops and livestock and steps taken to appease the capricious fairies, or.

Why tell ghost stories? Why read them or listen to them? Why take such pleasure in tales that have no purpose but, comfortably, to scare? About M J Steel Collins.