collected by Joseph Jacobs ; Illustrated by John D. Batten.
New York :
Dover Publications,
1968.
xiv, 267 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates :
illustrations ;
22 cm
"Unabridged republication of the work first published in ... 1892"--Title page verso.
Bibliographical references included in "Notes and references" (pages [237]-267).
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.
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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.