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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Irish Fairy Tales, Edited by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats, Illustrated by Jack B. Yeats
Title: Irish Fairy Tales
Editor: W. B. (William Butler) Yeats
Release Date: March 25, 2010 [eBook #31763]
Language: English
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IRISH FAIRY TALES
EDITED
WITH AN INTRODUCTION
BY
W. B. YEATS
AUTHOR OF 'THE WANDERINGS OF OISIN,' ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY JACK B. YEATS
LONDON
T. FISHER UNWIN
1892
WHERE MY BOOKS GO.
All the words that I gather,
And all the words that I write,
Must spread out their wings untiring,
And never rest in their flight,
Till they come where your sad, sad heart is,
And sing to you in the night,
Beyond where the waters are moving,
Storm darkened or starry bright.
And all the words that I write,
Must spread out their wings untiring,
And never rest in their flight,
Till they come where your sad, sad heart is,
And sing to you in the night,
Beyond where the waters are moving,
Storm darkened or starry bright.
W. B. Yeats.
London, January 1892.
| PAGE | |
| Introduction | 1 |
| LAND AND WATER FAIRIES | |
| The Fairies' Dancing-Place | 13 |
| The Rival Kempers | 17 |
| The Young Piper | 32 |
| A Fairy Enchantment | 49 |
| Teigue of the Lee | 53 |
| The Fairy Greyhound | 69 |
| The Lady of Gollerus | 77 |
| EVIL SPIRITS | |
| The Devil's Mill | 95 |
| Fergus O'Mara and the Air-Demons | 112 |
| The Man who never knew Fear | 123 |
| CATS | |
| Seanchan the Bard and the King of the Cats | 141 |
| Owney and Owney-na-Peak | 151 |
| KINGS AND WARRIORS | |
| The Knighting of Cuculain | 185 |
| The Little Weaver of Duleek Gate | 195 |
| APPENDIX | |
| Classification of Irish Fairies | 223 |
| Authorities on Irish Folklore | 234 |