| Description |
xliii, 321 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Folktales of the world
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| Contents |
I. Animals and birds. The fox and the heron ; The fox and the eagle ; The fox in Inishkea ; The magpie and the fox ; Two women or twelve men ; The grateful weasel ; The man who swallowed the mouse ; The cat and the dog ; The sow and her banbh ; The old crow teaches the young crow ; The cold May night -- II. Kings and warriors. The king who could not sleep ; Céatach ; Fionn in search of his youth ; The coming of Oscar ; Cúchulainn and the smith's wife ; Young Conall of Howth ; Art, king of Leinster ; The speckled bull -- III. Saints and sinners. The boy who became pope ; The man who struck his father ; The friar on Errigal ; How God's wheel turns ; The man who was rescued from Hell ; The hour of death -- IV. People of the otherworld. The fairy frog ; The fairy wife ; Fairy money ; The children of the dead woman ; The three laughs of the Leipreachán ; The man who had no story ; Doctor Lee and Little Aran ; The child from the sea ; The big cat and the big rat ; The March cock and the coffin ; Seán na Bánóige ; The queen of the planets ; Seán Palmer's voyage to America with the fairies -- V. Magicians and witches. The sailor and the rat ; The girl and the sailor ; The four-leafed shamrock and the cock ; The black art -- VI. Historical characters. Daniel O'Connell and the trickster ; O'Connell wears his hat in Parliament ; The smell of money for the smell of food ; The heather beer ; The man who lost his shadow ; Cromwell and the friar ; Damer's gold -- VII. The wise, the foolish, and the strong. Secret tokens prove ownership ; The cow that ate the piper ; Seán na Scaub ; The great liar ; The uglier foot ; The blacksmith and the horseman. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [293]-297. |
| Subject |
Tales -- Ireland.
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