W. B. Yeats, ed. & sel., Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry (London: Walter Scott 1888)

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Contents

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The Camelot Series
Edited by Ernest Rhys
FAIRY AND FOLK TALES
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FAIRY AND FOLK TALES OF THE IRISH PEASANTRY

selected and edited by W. B. Yeats

London: Walter Scott, 24 Warwick Lane
New York: 3 East 14th Street
1888
Contents vi-viii
Introduction ix-xviii
THE TROOPING FAIRIES 1
    “The Fairies”, by William Allingham [verse] 3
    “Frank Martin and the Fairies” by William Carleton 5
    “The Priest’s Supper”, by T. Crofton Croker 9
    “The Fairy Well of Lagnanay”, by Samuel Ferguson [verse] 13
    “Teig O’Kane and the Corpse”, trans. from a story by Douglas Hyde 16
    “Paddy Corcoran’s Wife”, by William Carleton 31
    “Cusheen Loo”, trans. from the Irish by J. J. Callanan 33
    “The White Trout: A Legend of Cong”, by S[amuel] Lover 35
    “The Fairy Thorn”, by Samuel Ferguson [verse] 38
    “The Legend of Knockgrafton”, by T. Crofton Croker 40
    “A Donegal Fairy”, by Letitia Maclintock 46
  CHANGELINGS 47
    “The Brewery of Egg-shells”, by T. Crofton Croker 48
    “The Fairy Nurse”, by Edward Walsh 51
    “Jamie Freel and the Young Lady”, by Letitia MacClintock 52
    “The Stolen Child” [by W. B. Yeats] 59
  THE MERROW 61
    “The Soul Cages”, by T. Crofton Croker 61
    “Flory Cantillon’s Funeral”, by T. Crofton Croker 75
THE SOLITARY FAIRIES 79
    “The Lepracaun; or, Fairy Shoemaker”, by William Allingham [verse] 81
    “Master and Man”, by T. Crofton Croker 81
    “Far Darrig in Donegal”, by Letitia Maclintock 90
   THE POOKA 94
    “The Piper and the Puca”, by Douglas Hyde 95
    “Daniel O’Rourke”, by T. Crofton Croker 97
    “The Kildare Pooka”, by Patrick Kennedy 105
   THE BANSHEE 107
    “How Thomas Connolly met the Banshee”, by John Todhunter 108
    “A Lamentation for the Death of Sir Maurice Fitzgerald”, by J. C. Mangan 112
    “The Banshee of the MacCarthys”, by T. Crofton Croker 113
GHOSTS 128
    “A Dream”, by William Allingham 129
    “Grace Connor”, by Letitia MacClintock 130
    “A Legend of Tyrone”, by Ellen O’Leary 132
    “The Black Lamb”, by Lady Wilde 134
    “The Song of the Ghost”, by Alfred Percival Graves 134
    “The Radiant Boy”, by Mrs. Crow 136
    “The Fate of Frank M’Kenna”, by William Carleton 139
WITCHES, FAIRY DOCTORS 146
    “Bewitched Butter (Donegal)”, by Letitia MacClintock 149
    “A Queen’s County Witch” [Dublin University Magazine, 1839] 151
    “The Witch Hare”, by Mr. & Mrs. S. C. Hall 154
    “Bewitched Butter (Queen’s County)” [Dublin University Magazine, 1839] 151
    “The Horned Women”, by Lady Wilde 165
    “The Witches’ Excursion”, by Patrick Kennedy 168
    “The Confessions of Tom Bourke”, by T. Crofton Croker 170
    “The Pudding Bewitched”, by William Carleton 185
T’YEER-NA-N-OGE 200
    “The Legend of O’Donoghue”, by T. Crofton Croker 201
    “Rent-Day” [n.a.] 203
    “Loughleagh (Lake of Healing)” [Dublin and London Magazine, 1825] 206
    “Hy-Brasail.-The Isle of the Blest”, by Gerald Griffin 212
    “The Phantom Isle”, by Giraldus Cambrensis 213
SAINTS, PRIESTS- 214
    “The Priest’s Soul”, by Lady Wilde 215
    “The Priest of Coloony”, by W. B. Yeats 220
    “The Story of the Little Bird”, by T. Crofton Croker 222
    “Conversion of King Laoghaire’s Daughters” [n.a.] 224
    “King O’Toole and his Goose”, by S[amuel] Lover 224
THE DEVIL
    “The Demon Cat”, by Lady Wilde 229
    “The Long Spoon”, by Patrick Kennedy 231
    “The Countess Kathleen O’Shea” [n.a.; London Irish newspaper] 232
    “The Three Wishes”, by William Carleton 235
GIANTS
    “The Giant’s Stairs”, by T. Crofton Croker 260
    “A Legend of Knockmany”, by William Carleton 266
KINGS, QUEENS, PRINCESSES, EARLS, ROBBERS
    “The Twelve Wild Geese”, by Patrick Kennedy 280
    “The Lazy Beauty and her Aunt”, by Patrick Kennedy 286
    “The Haughty Princess”, by Patrick Kennedy 290
    “The Enchantment of Gearoidh Iarla”, by Patrick Kennedy 294
    “Munachar and Manachar”, trans. by Douglas Hyde 296
    “Donald and his Neighbours” [Hibernian Tales] 299
    “The Jackdaw” [n.a] 303
    “The Story of Conn-eda”, by Abraham M’Coy, trans. by Nicholas O’Kearney 306
NOTES 319
Gods of the Earth [319]; Sir Samuel Ferguson [320]; Cusheen Loo [32o]; Legend of Knockgrafton [with music; 320-21]; Stolen Child [321]; Solitary Fairies [321]; Banshee’s Cry [mus. notation by Mr & Mrs Hall; 321]; Omens [321-22]; A Witch Trial [322-23]; T’yeer-na-n-Oge [323]; The Ganconer or Gancanagh [323-34]; Father John O’Hart [324]; Shoneen and Sleiveen [324]; Demon Cat [324]; A Legend of Knockmany [324]; Some Authorities on Irish Folk-Lore [325-26].
 

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