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Quotation from Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry by W. B. Yeats (editor)

“Witches and fairy doctors receive their power from opposite dynasties;”

W. B. Yeats (editor) (spoken by W. B. Yeats)

Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry, Witches, Fairy Doctors, introduction (Walter Scott Publishing Co., 1888 (Project Gutenberg text))

Portrait of W. B. Yeats (editor)

Yeats opens his account of the folk healer, consulted for the fairy-struck, and the feared witch.

Citation: "Witches and fairy doctors receive their power from opposite dynasties;" — W. B. Yeats (editor), Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry, Witches, Fairy Doctors, introduction (Walter Scott Publishing Co., 1888 (Project Gutenberg text)). (id fairy-and-folk-tales-of-the-irish-peasantry-q7)

Portrait: William Butler Yeats by George Charles Beresford, George Charles Beresford, Public domain.

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