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CELTIC FAIRY TALES

Author: Jacobs, Joseph

Synopsis
Presented here are 26 stories of Celtic magic and imagination from the collection of leading British folklorist Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916). Featuring wonderful characters, curses and hexes, broken promises, and granted wishes--accompanied by eight full-page plates, 37 drawings, and decorated capitals and end pieces, this is an ideal gift for young readers, as well as antique book collectors.

From The Publisher
The two volumes of Celtic folk tales collected by the leading British folklores Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) introduced the children of the world to the special vision and color, the unique magic of the Celtic folk imagination.

The 26 stories off "Guleesh," "The Horned Woman," "King O'Toole and His Goose," "The Sea-Maiden, "The Shee An Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire," "The Lad with the Goat-Skin," the legendary "Hierdre," "Beth Gellert," and the other wonderful characters, the curses and hexes, the broken primes of granted wishes are accompanied by eight full-page plates, 37 drawings, and decorated captials and end pieces that help make this book the charming one that generations of youngster have proclaimed it to be.

Reviews
This collection of forty-six tales presents a wide-ranging cross-section of Celtic culture, from the Irish tragedy of Deidre to the Scottish ghost story of the Sprightly tailor. Filled with magic, excitement, humor, and romance. B&W illus.
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CELTIC FAIRY TALES 0486218260
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