Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry. Various
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W. B. YEATS.
THE STORY OF THE LITTLE BIRD. [55]
CONVERSION OF KING LAOGHAIRE'S DAUGHTERS.
THE COUNTESS KATHLEEN O'SHEA. [61]
KINGS, QUEENS, PRINCESSES, EARLS, ROBBERS.
THE LAZY BEAUTY AND HER AUNTS.
PATRICK KENNEDY'S "FIRESIDE STORIES OF IRELAND."
THE ENCHANTMENT OF GEAROIDH IARLA.
TRANSLATED LITERALLY FROM THE IRISH BY DOUGLAS HYDE.
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 .
Gods of the Earth. —Par. 2, Page 2 .
Sir Samuel Ferguson. —Pages 13 and 38 .
Legend of Knockgrafton. —Page 40 .
The Gonconer or Gancanagh [Gean-canach]. —Page 207 .
Father John O'Hart. —Page 220 .
Shoneen and Sleiveen. —Page 220 .
A Legend of Knockmany. —Page 266 .
Some Authorities on Irish Folk-Lore.
INTRODUCTION.
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."