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Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry

95 entries · 15 sections

Edited and Selected by W. B. Yeats

Title Page Contents Introduction

The Trooping Fairies

The Trooping Fairies The Fairies, by William Allingham Frank Martin and the Fairies, by William Carleton The Priest's Supper, by T. Crofton Croker The Fairy Well Of Lagnanay, By Samuel Ferguson Teig O'Kane (Tadhg O Cáthán) and the Corpse, tr. by Douglas Hyde Paddy Corcoran's Wife, by William Carleton Cusheen Loo, tr. by J. J. Callanan The White Trout; A Legend of Cong, by S. Lover The Fairy Thorn, An Ulster Ballad, by Sir Samuel Ferguson The Legend of Knockgrafton, by T. Crofton Croker A Donegal Fairy, by Letitia Maclintock

Changelings

Changelings The Brewery of Egg-Shells, by T. Crofton Croker The Fairy Nurse, by Edward Walsh Jamie Freel and the Young Lady, A Donegal Tale, by Miss Letitia Maclintock The Stolen Child, by W. B. Yeats

The Merrow

The Merrow The Soul Cages, by T. Crofton Croker Flory Cantillon's Funeral, by T. Crofton Croker

The Solitary Fairies

Lepracaun. Cluricaun. Far Darrig.The Lepracaun; Or Fairy Shoemaker by William Allingham Master and Man, by T. Crofton Croker Far Darrig in Donegal, by Letitia Maclintock

The Pooka

The Pooka The Piper and the Puca, by Douglas Hyde Daniel O'Rourke, by T. Crofton Croker The Kildare Pooka, by Patrick Kennedy

The Banshee

The Banshee How Thomas Connolly Met the Banshee, by J. Todhunter A Lamentation for the Death of Sir Maurice Fitzgerald, tr. by Clarence Mangan The Banshee of the Mac Carthys, by T. Crofton Croker

Ghosts

Ghosts A Dream, by William Allingham Grace Connor, by Letitia Maclintock A Legend of Tyrone, by Ellen O'Leary The Black Lamb, by Lady Wilde Song of the Ghost, by Alfred Percival Graves The Radiant Boy, by Mrs. Crow The Fate Of Frank M'Kenna, by William Carleton

Witches, Fairy Doctors

Witches, Fairy Doctors Bewitched Butter (Donegal), by Letitia Maclintock A Queen's County Witch The Witch Hare, by Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall Bewitched Butter (Queen's County)The Horned Women, by Lady Wilde The Witches' Excursion, by Patrick Kennedy The Confessions of Tom Bourke, by T. Crofton Croker The Pudding Bewitched, by William Carleton

Tír-na-n-Og.

Tír-na-n-Og The Legend Of O'Donoghue by T. Crofton Croker Rent-day Loughleagh (Lake Of Healing)Hy-Brasail--The Isle of the Blest by Gerald Griffin The Phantom Isle, by Giraldus Cambrensis

Saints, Priests

Saints, Priests The Priest's Soul, by Lady Wilde The Priest of Coloony The Story of the Little Bird, by T. Crofton Croker Conversion Of King Laoghair's Daughters King O'Toole And His Goose, by S. Lover

The Devil

The Demon Cat, by Lady Wilde The Long Spoon, by Patrick Kennedy The Countess Kathleen O'Shea The Three Wishes, by W. Carleton

Giants

Giants The Giant's Stairs, by T. Crofton Croker A Legend of Knockmany, by William Carleton

Kings, Queens, Princesses, Earls, Robbers

The Twelve Wild Geese, by Patrick Kennedy The Lazy Beauty and Her Aunts, by Patrick Kennedy The Haughty Princess, by Patrick Kennedy The Enchantment of Gearoidh Iarla, by Patrick Kennedy Munachar and Manachar, tr. by Douglas Hyde Donald and his Neighbours The Jackdaw The Story of Conn-eda, or the Golden Apples of Lough Erne, by Abraham M'Coy, tr. by Nicholas O'Kearney

Notes

Gods of the Earth Sir Samuel Ferguson Cusheen Loo Legend of Knockgrafton Stolen Child Solitary Fairies Banshee's Cry Omens A Witch Trial T'yeer-na-n-Oge The Ganconer or Gancanagh Father John O'Hart Shoneen and Sleiveen Demon Cat A Legend of Knockmany Some Authorities On Irish Folk-Lore