From shamrocks to horseshoes - superstitions found in old Irish folklore that'll give you pause for thought. A look at the ...

The male ruler of Ireland's fairy folk appears in many guises throughout folklore including the benevolent Finvarra and the ...

Ireland has no shortage of Christmas traditions, from holly-decked doorways to late-night singsongs and stories passed down ...

The University of Notre Dame’s football team “occupies a central place in the culture of American sport,” writes Jonathan Chait, a senior editor at the magazine, but the popularity of the Fighting ...

SINCE the days when Castrén made his arduous journeys of linguistic exploration in Siberia, or when the brothers Grimm collected their rich treasures of folk-lore from the lips of German peasants, an ...

ATLANTA — Between Touchdown Jesus, “Win One for the Gipper,” Rudy, and, yes, even the forward pass, there are those who believe football wouldn’t quite be football without Notre Dame. With the ...

When it came to weather forecasts and predictions, Irish folklore could give Met Éireann a run for their money ...

Christopher Friedmann is an award-winning journalist and has spent over a decade in journalism covering everything from wine & spirits to travel to music, finance, and technology. “It’s Paddy’s not ...