Download or read book Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Ireland written by Virginia Haviland and published by Little Brown. This book was released on 1961 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents five tales: The Bee, the Harp, the Mouse and the Bumclock; The Old Hag's Long Leather Bag; Billy Beg and the Bull; The Widow's Lazy Daughter; and Patrick O'Donnell and the Leprechaun.
Download or read book Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Ireland written by Virginia Haviland and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Ireland written by Virginia Haviland and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1994-10-19 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents five tales: The Bee, the Harp, the Mouse and the Bumclock; The Old Hag's Long Leather Bag; Billy Beg and the Bull; The Widow's Lazy Daughter; and Patrick O'Donnell and the Leprechaun.
Download or read book Favourite fairy tales told in Ireland written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Irish Fairy Book written by Alfred Perceval Graves and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Favourite Fairy Tales Told in Ireland written by Virginia Haviland and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Favorite Celtic Fairy Tales written by Joseph Jacobs and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eight tales: "The Fate of the Children of Lir," "The Shepherd of Middvai," "Beth Gellert," "The Tale of Ivan," "Morraha," "The Story of Deirdre," "The Llanfabon Changeling," and "The Sea-Maiden."
Download or read book Irish Fairy Tales and Folklore written by W. B. Yeats and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic collection of Irish fairy tales and lore by Nobel Peace Prize-winning author and poet W. B. Yeats Originally published as two separate volumes in 1800s, this premier collection of Irish stories edited and compiled W. B. Yeats is the perfect gift for any lover of Irish literature and folklore. The lyrical prose and rich cultural heritage of each tale will captivate and enchant readers of all ages and keep them entertained for hours on end. This volume contains more than seventy classic Irish stories, including timeless characters and mythology passed down for generations such as: The Trooping Fairies Changelings Tir-na-n-óg The Lepracaun The Kildare Pooka How Thomas Connolly met the Banshee And many more!
Download or read book Irish Fairy Tales and Legends written by and published by Roberts Rinehart Publishers. This book was released on 1997-10 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A varied collection of ten of the best-loved traditional Irish stories.
Download or read book Magic and Myth written by Michael Scott and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Myths, legends, and magic are woven together in a collection of enthralling Irish fairy tales from the New York Times bestselling author of the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series. A haunting midnight dance that steals children away... An eerie fairy island that appears once every seven years... A magical silver horse that emerges from the depths of a dark lake... Venture into the Otherworld with eleven timeless, enchanting Irish fairy tales that uncover the haunting, hidden world of the Sidhe--the fairy-folk. A master of Irish mythology, bestselling author Michael Scott has crafted stories guaranteed to enthrall young readers who love magic, legends, and lore. And don't miss the companion collection of Irish folktales, Legends & Lore!
Download or read book Meeting the Other Crowd written by Eddie Lenihan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-02-02 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Other Crowd," "The Good People," "The Wee Folk," and "Them" are a few of the names given to the fairies by the people of Ireland. Honored for their gifts and feared for their wrath, the fairies remind us to respect the world we live in and the forces we cannot see. In these tales of fairy forts, fairy trees, ancient histories, and modern true-life encounters with The Other Crowd, Eddie Lenihan opens our eyes to this invisible world with the passion and bluntness of a seanchai, a true Irish storyteller.
Download or read book Irish Fairy Tales Illustrated written by James Stephens and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irish Fairy Tales is a retelling of ten Irish folktales by the Irish author James Stephens. The English illustrator Arthur Rackham provided interior artwork, including numerous black and white illustrations and sixteen color plates. The stories are set in a wooded, Medieval Ireland filled with larger-than-life hunters, warriors, kings, and fairies. Many stories concern the Fianna and their captain, Fionn mac Uail, from the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology.
Download or read book Irish Folk Tales written by Henry Glassie and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2012-09-19 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are 125 magnificent folktales collected from anthologies and journals published from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Beginning with tales of the ancient times and continuing through the arrival of the saints in Ireland in the fifth century, the periods of war and family, the Literary Revival championed by William Butler Yeats, and the contemporary era, these robust and funny, sorrowful and heroic stories of kings, ghosts, fairies, treasures, enchanted nature, and witchcraft are set in cities, villages, fields, and forests from the wild western coast to the modern streets of Dublin and Belfast. Edited by Henry Glassie With black-and-white illustrations throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
Download or read book Botanical Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland written by Lisa Schneidau and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The islands of Britain and Ireland hold a rich heritage of plant folklore and wisdom, from the magical yew tree to the bad-tempered dandelion. Here are traditional tales about the trees and plants that shape our landscapes and our lives through the seasons. They explore the complex relationship between people and plants, in lowlands and uplands, fields, bogs, moors, woodlands and towns. Suitable for all ages, this is an essential collection of stories for anyone interested in botany, the environment and our living heritage.
Download or read book Annotated Classic Fairy Tales written by Maria Tatar and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2002-10-29 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-six classic fairy tales are supplemented by extensive literary, cultural, and historical commentary.
Download or read book Irish Fairy Tales written by Sinead De Valera and published by Macmillan Children's Books. This book was released on 1973 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve strange and wonderful tales of sorcery and magical spells, from the land of pixies, fairies, witches and druids.
Download or read book The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales written by Jack Zipes and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 757 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In over 1,000 entries, this acclaimed Companion covers all aspects of the Western fairy tale tradition, from medieval to modern, under the guidance of Professor Jack Zipes. It provides an authoritative reference source for this complex and captivating genre, exploring the tales themselves, the writers who wrote and reworked them, and the artists who illustrated them. It also covers numerous related topics such as the fairy tale and film, television, art, opera, ballet, the oral tradition, music, advertising, cartoons, fantasy literature, feminism, and stamps. First published in 2000, 130 new entries have been added to account for recent developments in the field, including J. K. Rowling and Suzanne Collins, and new articles on topics such as cognitive criticism and fairy tales, digital fairy tales, fairy tale blogs and websites, and pornography and fairy tales. The remaining entries have been revised and updated in consultation with expert contributors. This second edition contains beautifully designed feature articles highlighting countries with a strong fairy tale tradition, covering: Britain and Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, North America and Canada, Portugal, Scandinavian countries, Slavic and Baltic countries, and Spain. It also includes an informative and engaging introduction by the editor, which sets the subject in its historical and literary context. A detailed and updated bibliography provides information about background literature and further reading material. In addition, the A to Z entries are accompanied by over 60 beautiful and carefully selected black and white illustrations. Already renowned in its field, the second edition of this unique work is an essential companion for anyone interested in fairy tales in literature, film, and art; and for anyone who values the tradition of storytelling.
