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An unreliable natural and social history of the island of Ireland. Podcast of hunches, fantasies and fact. 'The History and Topography of Ireland.'

After Gerald of Wales

After Gerald of Wales

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24 episodes

S1 Ep24: The boot-thongs of this country used as antidotes against poisons

S1 Ep23: The dust of this land which kills poisonous reptiles

S1 Ep22: Poisonous reptiles when brought here immediately die and the poison loses its force

S1 Ep21: Reptiles and those that are missing and how all poisonous reptiles are not found here

S1 Ep20: The beaver and its nature

S1 Ep19: The badger and its nature

S1 Ep18: Wild animals and their natures and those that are missing

S1 Ep17: The many kinds of crow here and their nature

S1 Ep16: Birds that do not appear in the winter time

S1 Ep15: Swans and storks and their natures

S1 Ep14: Kingfishers and their natures

S1 Ep13: Birds that are so to speak mixed and not true to type

S1 Ep12: Birds that belong to two species and their natures

S1 Ep11: Barnacles that are born of the fir tree and their nature

S1 Ep10: The crane and its nature

S1 Ep9: The eagle and its nature

8: The hawk, falcon and sparrow-hawk and their nature

S1 Ep2: The fertility of the tillage land and the smallness of the grains of wheat

S1 Ep7: Birds and those that are missing

S1 Ep6: Fish that are new and not found elsewhere

S1 Ep5: The sea, river and lake fish and those that are missing

S1 Ep4: The lakes and their islands

S1 Ep3: The Nine Principal Rivers

S1 Ep1: The History And Topography Of Ireland

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