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Ten favorite folk tales, all epitomizing the special charm and enchantment of the Irish imagination. Capturing the distinct flavor and language of old Ireland, the stories include "Hookedy-Crookedy" and "The Snow, the Crow and the Blood." Includes 33 full-page illustrations by Frank Verbeck, one of L. Frank Baum's favorite artists.Tags
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I believe this collection was another of the texts for the Celtic and Germanic folklore honors class I had at Bowling Green State University about 1968-1969.
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- Original publication date
- 1900
- People/Characters
- Conal, Donal, and Taig; Manis the Miller; Jack; Ciad, Son of the King of Norway
- Epigraph
- Is deisciobal úṁal a ṫoirḃireas, le ur-
raim ṁóir, an leaḃairín beaʒ so
do ċuiṁne na seanċurḋe ʒaeḋeal
aċ sin do ċonʒḋuiʒ beó ḋúinn
tre ʒráḋ tíre aʒus ʒ... (show all)ráḋ
sʒéalaiʒeaċta aṁáin
sean sʒéalta dreáʒa
ár ʒciniḋ, ó aois ʒo
n-aois aʒus ó
ʒiúm ʒo
ʒlún
It is a humble disciple who dedicates with
great reverence whit little book to the
memory of those Gaelic shanachies
who have kept alive for us --
through love of country and
love of story-t... (show all)elling only
-- the fine ancient tales
of our race, from age
to age and from
generation to
generation - First words
- Our Tales
Tales as old as the curlew's call are today listed to around the hearths of Donegal with the same keen and credulous eagerness with which they were hearkened to hundreds of years ago.
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- Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 398.209417 — Society, government, & culture Customs, etiquette & folklore Folklore & Folktales Folk literature History, geographic treatment, biography European folktales Folklore of the British Isles (other than England)
- LCC
- PZ8 .M18 .D — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- English
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- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 3
- UPCs
- 1
- ASINs
- 6
