Folk Tales of Ireland (Folktales of the World)
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: December 1966
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780226639994
Subjects: Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology; Fiction - General
First sentence: Once upon a time long ago, the birds could talk.
Table of contents: title: 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 -- Kings and warriors. The king who could not sleep -- Céatach -- Fionn in search of his youth -- The coming of Oscar -- Cüchulainn and the smith’s wife -- Young Conall of Howth -- Art, King of Leinster -- The speckled bull -- 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 -- 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 -- Magicians and witches. The sailor and the rat -- The girl and the sailor -- The four-leafed shamrock and the cock -- The black art -- 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 -- Darner’s gold -- The wise, the foolish, and the strong. Secret tokens prove ownership -- The cow that ate the piper -- Seán na Scuab -- The great liar -- The uglier foot -- The blacksmith and the horseman -- Notes to the tales -- Glossary.