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Folktales of Ireland, edited and translated by Sean O'Sullivan.

Language: English, Irish Series: Folktales of the worldPublication details: [Chicago] University of Chicago Press [1966]Description: xliii, 321 p. 22 cmISBN:
  • 0226639983
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 398.2
LOC classification:
  • PB1383 .O7 1966
Contents:
I. 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. II. KINGS AND WARRIORS. The King Who Could Not Sleep -- Ceatach -- Fionn in Search of His Youth -- The Coming of Oscar -- Cuchulainn and the Smiths Wife -- Young Conall of Howth -- Art King of Leinster -- The Speckled Bull. III. SAINTS AND SINNERS -- The Boy Who Became Pope -- The Man Who Struck His Father -- The Friar on Errigal -- How Gods Wheel Turns -- The Man Who Was Rescued from Hell -- The Hour of Death. IV. PEOPLE OF THE OTHERWORLD. The Fairy Frog -- The Fairy Wife -- Fairy Money -- The Children of the Dead Woman -- The Three Laughs of the Leipreachan -- 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 -- Sean na Banoige -- The Queen of the Planets -- Sean Palmers Voyage to America with the Fairies. V. MAGICIANS AND WITCHES. The Sailor and the Rat -- The Girl and the Sailor -- The Fourleafed Shamrock and the Cock -- The Black Art. VI. HISTORICAL CHARACTERS -- Daniel OConnell and the Trickster -- OConnell 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 -- Darners Gold. VII. THE WISE, THE FOOLISH, AND THE STRONG. Secret Tokens Prove Ownership -- The Cow that Ate the Piper -- Sean na Scuab -- The Great Liar -- The Uglier Foot -- The Blacksmith and the Horseman -- Notes to the tales -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index of Motifs -- Index of Tale Types -- General Index.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks GR153.5 .O7 1966 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001334159

Bibliography: p. [293]-297.

I. 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. II. KINGS AND WARRIORS. The King Who Could Not Sleep -- Ceatach -- Fionn in Search of His Youth -- The Coming of Oscar -- Cuchulainn and the Smiths Wife -- Young Conall of Howth -- Art King of Leinster -- The Speckled Bull. III. SAINTS AND SINNERS -- The Boy Who Became Pope -- The Man Who Struck His Father -- The Friar on Errigal -- How Gods Wheel Turns -- The Man Who Was Rescued from Hell -- The Hour of Death. IV. PEOPLE OF THE OTHERWORLD. The Fairy Frog -- The Fairy Wife -- Fairy Money -- The Children of the Dead Woman -- The Three Laughs of the Leipreachan -- 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 -- Sean na Banoige -- The Queen of the Planets -- Sean Palmers Voyage to America with the Fairies. V. MAGICIANS AND WITCHES. The Sailor and the Rat -- The Girl and the Sailor -- The Fourleafed Shamrock and the Cock -- The Black Art. VI. HISTORICAL CHARACTERS -- Daniel OConnell and the Trickster -- OConnell 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 -- Darners Gold. VII. THE WISE, THE FOOLISH, AND THE STRONG. Secret Tokens Prove Ownership -- The Cow that Ate the Piper -- Sean na Scuab -- The Great Liar -- The Uglier Foot -- The Blacksmith and the Horseman -- Notes to the tales -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index of Motifs -- Index of Tale Types -- General Index.

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