Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry
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FAIRY AND FOLK TALES OF THE IRISH PEASANTRY. EDITED AND SELECTED BY W. B. YEATS.
THE WALTER SCOTT PUBLISHING CO., LTD.
LONDON AND FELLING-ON-TYNE.
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INSCRIBED
TO MY MYSTICAL FRIEND,
G. R.
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
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FAIRY AND FOLK TALES.
THE TROOPING FAIRIES.
THE FAIRIES.
WILLIAM ALLINGHAM.
FRANK MARTIN AND THE FAIRIES.
WILLIAM CARLETON.
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THE PRIEST'S SUPPER.
T. CROFTON CROKER.
THE FAIRY WELL OF LAGNANAY.
TEIG O'KANE (TADHG O CÁTHÁN) AND THE CORPSE.[4]
LITERALLY TRANSLATED FROM THE IRISH BY DOUGLAS HYDE.
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PADDY CORCORAN'S WIFE.
William Carleton.
CUSHEEN LOO.
TRANSLATED FROM THE IRISH BY J. J. CALLANAN.
THE WHITE TROUT; A LEGEND OF CONG.
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THE FAIRY THORN.
An Ulster Ballad.
SIR SAMUEL FERGUSON.
THE LEGEND OF KNOCKGRAFTON.
T. CROFTON CROCKER.
A DONEGAL FAIRY.
LETITIA MACLINTOCK.
THE TROOPING FAIRIES.
CHANGELINGS.
THE BREWERY OF EGG-SHELLS.
T. CROFTON CROKER.
THE FAIRY NURSE.
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JAMIE FREEL AND THE YOUNG LADY.
A Donegal Tale.
MISS LETITIA MACLINTOCK.
THE STOLEN CHILD.
W. B. YEATS.
THE TROOPING FAIRIES
THE MERROW.
THE SOUL CAGES.
T. CROFTON CROKER.
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FLORY CANTILLON'S FUNERAL.
T. CROFTON CROKER.
THE SOLITARY FAIRIES.
Lepracaun. Cluricaun. Far Darrig.
THE LEPRACAUN; OR, FAIRY SHOEMAKER.
WILLIAM ALLINGHAM.
I.
II.
III.
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MASTER AND MAN.
T. CROFTON CROKER.
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FAR DARRIG IN DONEGAL.
MISS LETITIA MACLINTOCK.
THE POOKA.
THE PIPER AND THE PUCA.
DOUGLAS HYDE.
DANIEL O'ROURKE.
T. CROFTON CROKER.
THE KILDARE POOKA. [13]
PATRICK KENNEDY.
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THE SOLITARY FAIRIES.
THE BANSHEE.
HOW THOMAS CONNOLLY MET THE BANSHEE.
J. TODHUNTER.
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A LAMENTATION
For the Death of Sir Maurice Fitzgerald, Knight, of Kerry, who was killed in Flanders, 1642.
FROM THE IRISH, BY CLARENCE MANGAN.
THE BANSHEE OF THE MAC CARTHYS.
T. CROFTON CROKER.
GHOSTS.
A DREAM.
WILLIAM ALLINGHAM.
GRACE CONNOR.
MISS LETITIA MACLINTOCK.
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A LEGEND OF TYRONE.
ELLEN O'LEARY.
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THE BLACK LAMB. [18]
LADY WILDE.
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SONG OF THE GHOST.
ALFRED PERCIVAL GRAVES.
THE RADIANT BOY.
MRS. CROW.
THE FATE OF FRANK M'KENNA.
WILLIAM CARLETON.
WITCHES, FAIRY DOCTORS.
BEWITCHED BUTTER (DONEGAL).
MISS LETITIA MACLINTOCK.
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A QUEEN'S COUNTY WITCH [20]
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THE WITCH HARE.
MR. AND MRS. S. C. HALL.
BEWITCHED BUTTER (QUEEN'S COUNTY). [21]
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THE HORNED WOMEN. [25]
LADY WILDE.
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THE WITCHES' EXCURSION. [27]
PATRICK KENNEDY.
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THE CONFESSIONS OF TOM BOURKE.
T. CROFTON CROKER.
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THE PUDDING BEWITCHED.
WILLIAM CARLETON.
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T'YEER-NA-N-OGE.
THE LEGEND OF O'DONOGHUE. [42]
T. CROFTON CROKER.
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RENT-DAY.
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LOUGHLEAGH (LAKE OF HEALING). [44]
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HY-BRASAIL—THE ISLE OF THE BLEST.
THE PHANTOM ISLE.
GIRALDUS CAMBRENSIS. [51]
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SAINTS, PRIESTS.
THE PRIEST'S SOUL. [52]
LADY WILDE.
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THE PRIEST OF COLOONY.
W. B. YEATS.
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THE STORY OF THE LITTLE BIRD. [55]
T. CROFTON CROKER.
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CONVERSION OF KING LAOGHAIRE'S DAUGHTERS.
KING O'TOOLE AND HIS GOOSE.
S. LOVER.
THE DEVIL.
THE DEMON CAT. [56]
LADY WILDE.
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THE LONG SPOON. [57]
PATRICK KENNEDY.
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THE COUNTESS KATHLEEN O'SHEA. [61]
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THE THREE WISHES.
W. CARLETON.
GIANTS.
THE GIANT'S STAIRS. [62]
T. CROFTON CROKER.
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A LEGEND OF KNOCKMANY.
WILLIAM CARLETON.
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KINGS, QUEENS, PRINCESSES, EARLS, ROBBERS.
THE TWELVE WILD GEESE. [65]
PATRICK KENNEDY.
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THE LAZY BEAUTY AND HER AUNTS.
PATRICK KENNEDY'S "FIRESIDE STORIES OF IRELAND."
THE HAUGHTY PRINCESS. [66]
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THE ENCHANTMENT OF GEAROIDH IARLA.
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MUNACHAR AND MANACHAR.
TRANSLATED LITERALLY FROM THE IRISH BY DOUGLAS HYDE.
DONALD AND HIS NEIGHBOURS.
From Hibernian Tales. [69]
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THE JACKDAW.
THE STORY OF CONN-EDA; OR, THE GOLDEN APPLES OF LOUGH ERNE. [70]
Translated from the original Irish of the Story-teller, Abraham McCoy, by Nicholas O'Kearney.
Footnotes
NOTES.
Gods of the Earth.—Par. 2, Page 2.
Sir Samuel Ferguson.—Pages 13 and 38.
Cusheen Loo.—Page 33.
Legend of Knockgrafton.—Page 40.
Stolen Child.—Page 59.
Solitary Fairies.—Page 80.
Banshee's Cry.—Page 108.
Omens.—Page 108.
A Witch Trial.—Page 146.
T'yeer-na-n-Oge.—Page 200.
The Gonconer or Gancanagh [Gean-canach].—Page 207.
Father John O'Hart.—Page 220.
Shoneen and Sleiveen.—Page 220.
Demon Cat.—Page 229.
A Legend of Knockmany.—Page 266.
Some Authorities on Irish Folk-Lore.
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