‘CELTIC FAIRY TALES’ HUDDEN AND DUDDEN AND DONALD O’NEARY
HUDDEN AND DUDDEN AND DONALD O’NEARY There was once upon a time two farmers, and their names were Hudden and Dudden. They had poultry in their yards, sheep on the uplands, and scores of cattle in the meadow-land alongside the river. But for all that they weren’t happy. For just between their two farms there lived a poor man by the name of Donald O’Neary. … Continue reading ‘CELTIC FAIRY TALES’ HUDDEN AND DUDDEN AND DONALD O’NEARY
‘CELTIC FAIRY TALES’ CONALL YELLOWCLAW
CONALL YELLOWCLAW Conall Yellowclaw was a sturdy tenant in Erin: he had three sons. There was at that time a king over every fifth of Erin. It fell out for the children of the king that was near Conall, that they themselves and the children of Conall came to blows. The children of Conall got the upper hand, and they killed the king’s big son. … Continue reading ‘CELTIC FAIRY TALES’ CONALL YELLOWCLAW
‘CELTIC FAIRY TALES’ THE FIELD OF BOLIAUNS and THE HORNED WOMEN
THE FIELD OF BOLIAUNS One fine day in harvest—it was indeed Lady-day in harvest, that everybody knows to be one of the greatest holidays in the year—Tom Fitzpatrick was taking a ramble through the ground, and went along the sunny side of a hedge; when all of a sudden he heard a clacking sort of noise a little before him in the hedge. “Dear me,” … Continue reading ‘CELTIC FAIRY TALES’ THE FIELD OF BOLIAUNS and THE HORNED WOMEN
‘CELTIC FAIRY TALES’ GULEESH
GULEESH There was once a boy in the County Mayo; Guleesh was his name. There was the finest rath a little way off from the gable of the house, and he was often in the habit of seating himself on the fine grass bank that was running round it. One night he stood, half leaning against the gable of the house, and looking up into … Continue reading ‘CELTIC FAIRY TALES’ GULEESH
‘CELTIC FAIRY TALES’ CONNLA AND THE FAIRY MAIDEN
PREFACE Last year, in giving the young ones a volume of English Fairy Tales, my difficulty was one of collection. This time, in offering them specimens of the rich folk-fancy of the Celts of these islands, my trouble has rather been one of selection. Ireland began to collect her folk-tales almost as early as any country in Europe, and Croker has found a whole school … Continue reading ‘CELTIC FAIRY TALES’ CONNLA AND THE FAIRY MAIDEN
THE LIGHT PRINCESS. CHAPTER II (END)
THE LIGHT PRINCESS 8. Try a Drop of Water. Perhaps the best thing for the princess would have been to fall in love. But how a princess who had no gravity could fall into anything is a difficulty—perhaps THE difficulty. As for her own feelings on the subject, she did not even know that there was such a beehive of honey and stings to be … Continue reading THE LIGHT PRINCESS. CHAPTER II (END)
THE LIGHT PRINCESS. CHAPTER I
THE LIGHT PRINCESS 1. What! No Children? Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children. And the king said to himself, “All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve; and my queen has not one. I feel ill-used.” So … Continue reading THE LIGHT PRINCESS. CHAPTER I
[East of the Sun and West of the Moon, old tales from the North] THE THREE PRINCESSES IN THE BLUE MOUNTAIN
THE THREE PRINCESSES IN THE BLUE MOUNTAIN There were once upon a time a King and Queen who had no children, and they took it so much to heart that they hardly ever had a happy moment. One day the King stood in the portico and looked out over the big meadows and all that was his. But he felt he could have no enjoyment out of it all, since he did … Continue reading [East of the Sun and West of the Moon, old tales from the North] THE THREE PRINCESSES IN THE BLUE MOUNTAIN
[East of the Sun and West of the Moon, old tales from the North] THE WIDOW’S SON
THE WIDOW’S SON Once on a time there was a poor, poor Widow, who had an only Son. She dragged on with the boy till he had been confirmed, and then she said she couldn’t feed him any longer, he must just go out and earn his own bread. So the lad wandered out into the world, and when he had walked a day or so, a strange … Continue reading [East of the Sun and West of the Moon, old tales from the North] THE WIDOW’S SON
[East of the Sun and West of the Moon, old tales from the North] THE PRINCESS ON THE GLASS HILL
THE PRINCESS ON THE GLASS HILL Once on a time there was a man who had a meadow, which lay high up on the hill-side, and in the meadow was a barn, which he had built to keep his hay in. Now, I must tell you, there hadn’t been much in the barn for the last year or two, for every St. John’s night, when the … Continue reading [East of the Sun and West of the Moon, old tales from the North] THE PRINCESS ON THE GLASS HILL
The website collects recipes and desserts from a variety of sources 