Folktales of Ireland. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sean O'Sullivan.
• Editors: Ó Súilleabháin, Seán
• Contents: I. Animals and Birds 1. The Fox and the Heron 2. The Fox and the Eagle 3. The Fox in Inishkea 4. The Magpie and the Fox 5. Two Women or Twelve Men 6. The Grateful Weasel 7. The Man Who Swallowed the Mouse 8. The Cat and the Dog 9. The Sow and Her Banbb 10. The Old Crow Teaches the Young Crow 11. The Cold May Night II. Kings and Warriors 12. The King Who Could Not Sleep 13. Céatach 14. Fionn in Search of His Youth 15. The Coming of Oscar 16. Cúchulainn and the Smith's Wife 17. Young Conall of Howth 18. Art, King of Leinster 19. The Speckled Bull III. Saints and Sinners 20. The Boy Who Became Pope 21. The Man Who Struck His Father 22. The Friar on Errigal 23. How God's Wheel Turns 24. The Man Who Was Rescued from Hell 25. The Hour of Death IV. People of the Otherworld 26. The Fairy Frog 27. The Fairy Wife 28. Fairy Money 29. The Children of the Dead Woman 30. The Three Laughs of the Leipreachán 31. The Man Who Had No Story 32. Doctor Lee and Little Aran 33. The Child from the Sea 34. The Big Cat and the Big Rat 35. The March Cock and the Coffin 36. Seán na Bánóige 37. The Queen of the Planets 38. Seán Palmer's Voyage to America with the Fairies V. Magicians and Witches 39. The Sailor and the Rat 40. The Girl and the Sailor 41. The Four-leafed Shamrock and the Cock 42. The Black Art VI. Historical Characters 43. Daniel O'Connell and the Trickster 44. O'Connell Wears His Hat in Parliament 45. The Smell of Money for the Smell of Food 46. The Heather Beer 47. The Man Who Lost His Shadow 48. Cromwell and the Friar 49. Damer's Gold VII. The Wise, the Foolish, and the Strong 50. Secret Tokens Prove Ownership 51. The Cow That Ate the Piper 52. Seán na Scuab 53. The Great Liar 54. The Uglier Foot 55. The Blacksmith and the Horseman Notes to the Tables Glossary Bibliography Index of Motifs Index of Tale Types General Index.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 398.209415; Tales -- Ireland; Legends -- Ireland
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226375175
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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