With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of W.B. Yeats’s Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry is a classic of Irish literature reimagined for modern readers.
Gathered by the renowned Irish poet, playwright, and essayist William Butler Yeats, the sixty-five tales and poems in this delightful collection uniquely capture the rich heritage of the Celtic imagination.
“And what will Darby Riley say to that?” said Billy. “Silence!” said the little man, putting on a mighty severe look; “I did not bring you here with me to ask questions” and without holding further argument, he began saying the queer ...
Here are 125 magnificent folktales collected from anthologies and journals published from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day.
In addition, this collection includes ghosts, witches and fairy doctors, priests and saints, encounters with the devil, titans of Ireland's historical past and popular treasure legends.
For she told him how she and her friends had met in one of their cottages and, having heard that the Lord Bishop of Carlisle had some very rare wine in his cellar, had placed their feet on the crook from which the pot hung, ...
A magical collection of twenty classic Irish fairy tales by one of Ireland’s greatest writers, the Nobel Prize-winning W. B. Yeats – with intricate, traditional illustrations throughout by P. J. Lynch.
43 enchanting poems and tales by William Butler Yeats, Joseph Campbell, Lady Jane Wilde, Jeremiah Curtin, Douglas Hyde, and other distinguished writers.
Introduce yourself to the noble heroes and magical creatures of Irish mythology. Includes the two definitive works on the subject by the giants of the Irish Renaissance. W.B. Yeates' Fairy...
Ten traditional Irish stories follow the adventures of leprechauns, giants, and fairies in such tales as "The Children of Lir," "Ti+a7r na n-O+a7g," and "The Pot of Gold."