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Fairy And Folk Tales Of The Irish Peasantry Hardcover – April 12, 2019
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- Print length352 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherWentworth Press
- Publication dateApril 12, 2019
- Dimensions6.14 x 0.81 x 9.21 inches
- ISBN-101012975215
- ISBN-13978-1012975210
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- Publisher : Wentworth Press
- Publication date : April 12, 2019
- Language : English
- Print length : 352 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1012975215
- ISBN-13 : 978-1012975210
- Item Weight : 1.47 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.14 x 0.81 x 9.21 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #10,915,540 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #128,804 inEuropean History (Books)
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Customers find the book readable and fascinating, with great stories that preserve traditional tales passed down through generations. Moreover, the book serves as a good primary source of Irish folklore, and customers appreciate its informative content, with one noting it's particularly useful for research on other-world phenomena.
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26 customers mention readability, 22 positive, 4 negative
25 customers mention story quality, 21 positive, 4 negative
Great stories. The issue for me was there was a bit too much background before the story.Read more
Somewhat difficult, butinteresting stories and myths...Read more
Very good book for research on other world phenomenon, folk tales,fairy tales.Read more
...It is an excellent collection of myths &stories, organized by kind and well prepared....Read more
9 customers mention irish folklore, 9 positive, 0 negative
Really interesting collection of stories and legends andfolk tales all touching on the supernatural....Read more
...course on Irish literature both because the tales are agood introduction to Irish folklore and because the tales demonstrate how the early-twentieth...Read more
Agood book about Irish folklore. Going to pass it on for other family members to read. Nice assortment of work.Read more
...only ofinterest to historians of antiquityRead more
5 customers mention information quality, 4 positive, 1 negative
This bookhelped with research for a project I'm working on; very informative. I bought it through Kindle Cloud for free which was a good bargain.Read more
Very good book for research on other world phenomenon, folk tales, fairy tales.Read more
...Great stories. Really a series of morality tales andbits of the old wisdom.Read more
...reading folk and fairy tales, but this particular versioncontains too much explanation and too little in the way of tales....Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2019It's funny that Yeats is mostly remembered as a poet today, considering how many other cultural things he did at the time. This book is an excellent source of raw, unfiltered Celtic faerie tales, just one step away from the original Gaelic. Good dream material to read right before bedtime, haha. And the Kindle version was fairly cheap.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2016Format: KindleVerified PurchaseI enjoyed most of the stories collected here, and I thought T. Crofton Croker had the best of the lot. Soul Cages was my favorite, but Master & Man and Daniel O'Rourke were also creative. The banshee tales were sleep-inducing with realistic but tedious exposition (like some Edgar Allan Poe short stories). Yeats tries to sort the tales into categories, adding a bit of background before each section, but it seems to me that a lot of these tales defy such easy organization. For instance, the Kildare Pooka seems to me to be more of a "brownie" creature (functionally) vs. the creature featured in Douglas Hyde's The Piper & the Puca. But, hey, that's why this is a book of folklore and not a coherent mythological system. I also noted some of Patrick Kennedy's tales are virtually the same as similar tales found in the Brothers Grimm, but I would say upwards of 90% of the tales in this collection were stories I hadn't encountered before.
Also, there really was no leprechaun tale here, but we're informed they are of the "solitary fairy" type and so can be expected to wear red jackets, not green as is commonly supposed. But don't fret, there are plenty of fun tales here even without leprechauns! There are witches, pucas, cluricauns (alcoholic leprechauns), enchanted pudding, and all sorts of craziness. Plus, half the fun of reading these is immersing yourself in the charming writing style.
There are a handful of poems, too, but I skipped them and just read the stories. - Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2016This volume (and other compilations by Yeats) stands out head and shoulders above other books on Irish folk and fairy tales. Yeat's mission was to compile and preserve the traditional tales and folk spirit of the people of his Island, and who better than Ireland's most famous poet to have an ear for language and a good tale? The reviewer who complained that because of the archaic dialect this wasn't an "easy read" is missing the point. That said, if one takes the time, one can "enter into" the dialect, hear it lilting in your mind, and access these wonderful tales fairly readily.
I own a number of volumes of Irish folk and fairy tales and this is the most complete. I love the fact that this book, and Yeats' other volumes, draws upon tales he collected himself from the Irish peasantry of his day. Many of them are traditional tales long told through the years; others are personal experiences of the narrator. Some of them became themes in Yeats' own poetry. What a great gift to the Irish people, to those of us like myself who are of Irish heritage, and to all who appreciate the wonderful old Irish tales. - Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2025I have read many myths and folk tales written in this format. There are some footnotes and explanations for words that I didn't know, but I had to look up a lot and guess on others as to what meaning was intended. The format is written as told to the writer. I enjoyed reading all the fairy and folk tales. Some I was already familiar with other versions of.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2018As someone with Irish ancestry, getting to know some fun folk tales from the people who came before me might've known brings a cool sense of connection. Also, I'd never heard any of these before. They're eerie and awesome and the poems are pretty.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2015This book is far more interesting than I supposed when I ordered it.
The tales are told where everyone can understand them and can decide for themselves the importance they will play in their own lives.
If ones do not believe in fairies and such, they are still entertaining to read. - Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2005While Yeats relied on mostly 19th century literary versions of folktales, which often distorted the stories somewhat in the interest of catering to the Victorian English-speaking cities, the stories themselves are well chosen to represent a wide range of common Irish folk tales and mythical creatures. The stories themselves, moreover, are indeed more literary than perhaps more authentic collections, such as Kevin Danaher's, and are therefore a little more interesting to read. I plan to use this text in a course on Irish literature both because the tales are a good introduction to Irish folklore and because the tales demonstrate how the early-twentieth-century Irish Renaissance adopted, adapted, and remolded the Irish Gaelic tradition.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2023The Irish are the greatest writers & story tellers. Yeats is world renowned as one of Ireland's best so you can't go wrong by buying this treasure trove!
Top reviews from other countries
- Alexandre ToquevilleReviewed in France on June 11, 2018
5.0 out of 5 starsYates l'Unique
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseLa poésie de Yates demande un état d'esprit particulier. Mais lorsque l'effort est fait ... quel bonheur. Je recommande cette lecture à quiconque aime encore prendre son temps. Yates est unique et on ne sort part indemme de son univers. - LeilaReviewed in the United Kingdom on December 28, 2020
5.0 out of 5 starsAuthentic tales
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseWas a gift for my mother who is Irish & she she says its a great book. - Richard OrtnerReviewed in Germany on September 1, 2018
5.0 out of 5 starsSuper
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseSehr zufrieden - Marianne PedersenReviewed in Australia on April 12, 2014
5.0 out of 5 starsceltic traditional stories at their best.
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseClasdic Celtic folk tales. Written so well in the vernacular of Ireland and Scotland, thst I can hear my grannyvas she sat by the fireside telling her tales to the little ones.. Charming and eminently readable. - maximReviewed in Italy on February 25, 2023
5.0 out of 5 starspreziosa raccolta
Format: KindleVerified PurchaseNon è un racconto ma una preziosa e interessante raccolta di antiche storie. Leggende, fiabe e filastrocche in versi del ricco mondo culturale gaelico provenienti dalla tradizione folkloristica irlandese.
