![]() ![]() ![]() In every house over there, said the pilot, pointing to his native village of Rosses, there are several. Here is a man who believes in ghosts, said a foreign sea-captain, pointing to a pilot of my acquaintance. Indeed, they don’t like to see them at all, she answered, for they always bring bad weather. Do the fishermen along here know anything of the mermaids? I asked a woman of a village in County Dublin. Amn’t I annoyed with them, was the answer. Have you ever seen a fairy or such like? I asked the old man in County Sligo. In Ireland they are still extant, giving gifts to the kindly, and plaguing the surly. In Queen Mary’s time he wrote-īut now in the times of James, they had all gone, for they were of the old profession, and their songs were Ave Maries. CORBETT, Bishop of Oxford and Norwich, lamented long ago the departure of the English fairies. ![]() THE STORY OF CONN-EDA OR THE GOLDEN APPLES OF LOUGH ERNEĭR. KINGS, QUEENS, PRINCESSES, EARLS, ROBBERS TEIG O’KANE (TADHG O CÁTHÁN) AND THE CORPSE No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. ![]() Cover.jpg IRISH FAIRY AND FOLK TALES EDITED AND SELECTED By W. ![]()
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