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Book Synopsis Tipperary Folk Tales by : Aideen McBride
Download or read book Tipperary Folk Tales written by Aideen McBride and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-08-03 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: County Tipperary, the second largest county in Ireland, has a rich and colourful history that has inspired many myths and legends. A selection of the best are retold here, collected and reworked by professional storyteller Aideen McBride. Within these pages you will discover how the first settlers came to Ireland, what might happen if you join in the singing of the fairies of Knockgrafton and where treasure is said to be buried; you will learn how Lough Derg, the ‘lake of the bloody eye’, and Slievenamon Mountain, ‘the mountain of the women’, got their names; you will meet legendary Irish poets, pipers and shoemakers and the first King of Cashel, Conall Corc; and be told the stories of the legendary Battle of Widow McCormack’s Cabbage Patch. From age-old legends and fantastical myths to amusing anecdotes and cautionary tales, this collection is a heady mix of bloodthirsty, funny, passionate and moving stories. It will take you into a remarkable world where you can let your imagination run wild.
Book Synopsis Tipperary Folk Tales by : Aideen McBride
Download or read book Tipperary Folk Tales written by Aideen McBride and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-08-03 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: County Tipperary, the second largest county in Ireland, has a rich and colourful history that has inspired many myths and legends. A selection of the best are retold here, collected and reworked by professional storyteller Aideen McBride. Within these pages you will discover how the first settlers came to Ireland, what might happen if you join in the singing of the fairies of Knockgrafton and where treasure is said to be buried; you will learn how Lough Derg, the 'lake of the bloody eye', and Slievenamon Mountain, 'the mountain of the women', got their names; you will meet legendary Irish poets, pipers and shoemakers and the first King of Cashel, Conall Corc; and be told the stories of the legendary Battle of Widow McCormack's Cabbage Patch. From age-old legends and fantastical myths to amusing anecdotes and cautionary tales, this collection is a heady mix of bloodthirsty, funny, passionate and moving stories. It will take you into a remarkable world where you can let your imagination run wild.
Book Synopsis Tales From Tipperary by : Edward Hickey
Download or read book Tales From Tipperary written by Edward Hickey and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-18 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Full of amusement, this series of fictional tales starts with a Galwayman's arrival in Tipperary's post-famine days and portrays the daily lives of a hillside community. Written in the colloquial and lyrical language of some of our ancestors, it tells - amongst others - such diverse stories as the reliance of families on children rabbit-poaching, on the pre-dawn cattle-droving days of a young school-leaver, the re-appearance of a dead girl to her newly-born sister...along with a number of love-hate incidents, like the townie scorn for a mountainy man at the show-fair, before he walks off with the big trophy!
Book Synopsis Tales From Tipperary by : Edward Hickey
Download or read book Tales From Tipperary written by Edward Hickey and published by Grosvenor House Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2020-08-21 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diverse tales from the post-famine Tipperary community
Book Synopsis First World War Folk Tales by : Taffy Thomas
Download or read book First World War Folk Tales written by Taffy Thomas and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2014-08-04 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 2014 to 2018, people all over the world will be commemorating the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. They will not only be honouring those who lost their lives on the battlefield between 1914 and 1918, they will also be remembering everyone who played a part in, or lived through, those troubled times. First World War Folk Tales is a very special collection of legends and folk tales from the First World War era. This special centenary collection shows how elements of truth can become legend, how people often attempt to explain the strange and the mysterious through stories and tales, and how storytelling can ease the pain and the burden of war.
Download or read book Old Faces written by Edward Forde Hickey and published by Grosvenor House Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourth book in the Tales from Tipperary series; exploring community in an ancient and spiritual country
Book Synopsis Fermanagh Folk Tales by : Doreen McBride
Download or read book Fermanagh Folk Tales written by Doreen McBride and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-11-02 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fermanagh Folk Tales
Book Synopsis Type and Motif-Index of the Folktales of England and North America by : Ernest W. Baughman
Download or read book Type and Motif-Index of the Folktales of England and North America written by Ernest W. Baughman and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-01-19 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Anthology of Irish Folk Tales by : Various
Download or read book The Anthology of Irish Folk Tales written by Various and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This enchanting collection of stories gathers together legends from across Ireland in one special volume. Drawn from The History Press' popular Folk Tales series, herein lies a treasure trove of tales from a wealth of talented storytellers. From fairies, giants and vampires to changelings and witches, this book celebrates the distinct character of Ireland's different customs, beliefs and dialects, and is a treat for all who enjoy a well-told story.
Download or read book Meath Folk Tales written by Richard Marsh and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-12-02 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meath, the 'Royal County', has a rich heritage of myths and legends which is uniquely captured in this collection of traditional tales from across the county. Here you will find tales of the first occupation of Ireland and the exploits of St Patrick and Colmcille along with stories of witches, hags, ghosts and fairies. As well as the legends of the Hill of Tara, the ancient political capital and enduring spiritual heartland of Ireland. In a vivid journey through Meath's varied landscape, local storyteller Richard Marsh takes the reader to places where legend and landscape are inseparably linked.
Download or read book Irish Folk Tales written by Henry Glassie and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2012-09-19 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are 125 magnificent folktales collected from anthologies and journals published from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Beginning with tales of the ancient times and continuing through the arrival of the saints in Ireland in the fifth century, the periods of war and family, the Literary Revival championed by William Butler Yeats, and the contemporary era, these robust and funny, sorrowful and heroic stories of kings, ghosts, fairies, treasures, enchanted nature, and witchcraft are set in cities, villages, fields, and forests from the wild western coast to the modern streets of Dublin and Belfast. Edited by Henry Glassie With black-and-white illustrations throughout Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library
Download or read book Irish Folk Lore written by John O'Hanlon and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Favorite Irish Folk Tales by : Seumas MacManus
Download or read book Favorite Irish Folk Tales written by Seumas MacManus and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1998-12-23 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Irish folktales, including "The Queen of the Golden Mines," "The Black Bull of the Castle of Blood," and "The Giant of the Band Beggar's Hall."
Download or read book Folklore written by Joseph Jacobs and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most vols. for 1890- contain list of members of the Folk-lore Society.
Book Synopsis The Stone of Truth, and Other Irish Folk Tales by : Douglas Hyde
Download or read book The Stone of Truth, and Other Irish Folk Tales written by Douglas Hyde and published by Totowa, N.J. : Rowman and Littlefield. This book was released on 1979 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Irish Fairy Book by : Alfred Perceval Graves
Download or read book The Irish Fairy Book written by Alfred Perceval Graves and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Longford Folk Tales by : Philip Byrne
Download or read book Longford Folk Tales written by Philip Byrne and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longford Folk Tales is a treasure trove of wonderful stories of saints and deities, fairies and devils, kings and ghosts, shoemakers and other engaging characters. Read about The Blake Millions, butter stealing, the Wooing of Étaín, and 'The Walking Gallows', Hempenstall – all your favourite legends and many more. This selection of tales and stories from every corner of the county of Longford reflects the wisdom of the countryside and its people. Legends, folk customs and local lore from earliest times up to the county's more recent past are expertly told by storyteller Philip Byrne.
