From the author of The Irish Cottage comes a new book, exploring old Irish customs and beliefs. Chapters focus on the quarter-day festivities that marked the commencement of each season: Spring: Imbolc; Summer: Bealtaine; Autumn: Lughnasa and Winter: Samhain, and also major life events Births, Marriages and Death Customs and general beliefs in Spirituality and Well-Being and The Supernatural.