Irish Folk and Fairy Tales
| By: | Gordon Jarvie |
| Publisher: | Blackstaff Press Ltd; 3rd Revised edition edition |
| Published: | March 2009 |
| Pages: | 272 |
| Categories: | Fiction |
| Language: | English |
| Available as: | Paperback |
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Emerging from a people with an absolute belief in 'the little folk', the fairy tales of Ireland are part of one of the richest folk literatures in the world. Many of Ireland's finest writers, inspired by the work of folklorists like the Brothers Grimm, have created masterly retellings of the traditional stories of their own homeland. In this wonderful collection of stories by writers like Carleton, Yeats and Lady Wilde, a legion of fairy folk - giants, leprechauns, witches and mermaids - help, hinder, charm and terrify their mortal neighbours