Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry. Various

W. B. YEATS.

       THE STORY OF THE LITTLE BIRD. [55]

       T. CROFTON CROKER.

       CONVERSION OF KING LAOGHAIRE'S DAUGHTERS.

       KING O'TOOLE AND HIS GOOSE.

       S. LOVER.

       THE DEVIL.

       THE DEMON CAT. [56]

       LADY WILDE.

       THE LONG SPOON. [57]

       PATRICK KENNEDY.

       THE COUNTESS KATHLEEN O'SHEA. [61]

       THE THREE WISHES.

       W. CARLETON.

       GIANTS.

       THE GIANT'S STAIRS. [62]

       T. CROFTON CROKER.

       A LEGEND OF KNOCKMANY.

       WILLIAM CARLETON.

       KINGS, QUEENS, PRINCESSES, EARLS, ROBBERS.

       THE TWELVE WILD GEESE. [65]

       PATRICK KENNEDY.

       THE LAZY BEAUTY AND HER AUNTS.

       PATRICK KENNEDY'S "FIRESIDE STORIES OF IRELAND."

       THE HAUGHTY PRINCESS. [66]

       BY PATRICK KENNEDY.

       THE ENCHANTMENT OF GEAROIDH IARLA.

       BY PATRICK KENNEDY. [67]

       MUNACHAR AND MANACHAR.

       TRANSLATED LITERALLY FROM THE IRISH BY DOUGLAS HYDE.

       DONALD AND HIS NEIGHBOURS.

       From Hibernian Tales. [69]

       THE JACKDAW.

       THE STORY OF CONN-EDA; OR, THE GOLDEN APPLES OF LOUGH ERNE. [70]

       Translated from the original Irish of the Story-teller , Abraham McCoy , by Nicholas O'Kearney .

       NOTES.

       Gods of the Earth. —Par. 2, Page 2 .

       Sir Samuel Ferguson. —Pages 13 and 38 .

       Cusheen Loo. —Page 33 .

       Legend of Knockgrafton. —Page 40 .

       Stolen Child. —Page 59 .

       Solitary Fairies. —Page 80 .

       Banshee's Cry. —Page 108 .

       Omens. —Page 108 .

       A Witch Trial. —Page 146 .

       T'yeer-na-n-Oge. —Page 200 .

       The Gonconer or Gancanagh [Gean-canach]. —Page 207 .

       Father John O'Hart. —Page 220 .

       Shoneen and Sleiveen. —Page 220 .

       Demon Cat. —Page 229 .

       A Legend of Knockmany. —Page 266 .

       Some Authorities on Irish Folk-Lore.

INTRODUCTION.

       Table of Contents

      Dr. Corbett, Bishop of Oxford and Norwich, lamented long ago the departure of the English fairies. "In Queen Mary's time" he wrote—

      "When Tom came home from labour,

       Or Cis to milking rose,

       Then merrily, merrily went their tabor,

       And merrily went their toes."