Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry 1504047338, 9781504047333

The spirits of Ireland come alive in this nineteenth-century collection of stories, songs, and poems selected and edited

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Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry
1504047338, 9781504047333

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Just about everyone is familiar with folk and fairy tales. Children learn about them from parents, teachers, and other a

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The first critical edition of Andrew Lang’s influential writing for children Repositions Lang’s children’s fictions as w

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Made of the words of the people who live today in the beautiful, embattled countryside of Ulster, Irish Folk History is,

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A brand new collection of classic essays written by various authors on the subject of fairy tales, mythology, and folk-L

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Fairy tales are a rich element of childhood in many cultures around the world. But in Ireland, where they are known as w

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Samuel D. Fohr holds that the tales collected by the Grimm brothers, and others, are not just childish “fairy tales,” bu

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Well, gentlemen, here’s a tale that people have told time and again . . . . So begins the title story in this collection

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From the New York Times bestselling duo who brought you GLORY: Magical Visions of Black Beauty, comes CROWNED: Magical F

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