| Description |
xiv, 267 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
Twenty-six characteristic tales, both romantic and comic, from the folklore of the Celts of the British Isles, collected from both Gaelic and English speaking peasants. |
| Note |
"Unabridged republication of the work first published in ... 1892." |
| Contents |
Connla and the fairy maiden -- Guleesh -- The field of boliauns -- The horned women -- Conall Yellowclaw -- Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary -- The shepherd of Myddvai -- The sprightly tailor -- The story of Deirdre -- Munachar and Manachar -- Gold-tree and silver-tree -- King O'Toole and his goose -- The wooing of Olwen -- Jack and his comrades -- The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire -- The story-teller at fault -- The sea-maiden -- A legend of Knockmany -- Fair, brown, and trembling -- Jack and his master -- Beth Gellert -- The tale of Ivan -- Andrew Coffey -- The battle of the birds -- Brewery of eggshells -- The lad with the goat-skin. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliographical references included in "Notes and references" (page ([237]-267). |
| Genre/Form |
Fairy tales.
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| Subject |
Fairy tales -- Great Britain.
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Tales -- Great Britain.
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Fairy tales.
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Celts -- Folklore.
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Folklore -- Great Britain.
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| Added Author |
Batten, John D. (John Dickson), 1860-1932, illustrator.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Jacobs, Joseph, 1854-1916. Celtic fairy tales. New York, Dover Publications [1968] (OCoLC)578272856 |
| ISBN |
0486218260 paperback |
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9780486218267 |
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