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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.

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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
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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
398.209417Society, government, & cultureCustoms, etiquette & folkloreFolklore & FolktalesFolk literatureHistory, geographic treatment, biographyEuropean folktalesFolklore of the British Isles (other than England)
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PZ8 .M18 .DLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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