{"product_id":"2940015890518","title":"Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales (Illustrated)","description":"The superiority of Celtic folk tales is due as much to the conditions under which they have been collected, as to any innate superiority of the folk imagination. The folk tale in England is in the last stages of exhaustion. \u003cbr\u003eThe Celtic folk tales have been collected while the practice of storytelling is still in full vigor, though there is every sign that its term of life is already numbered. The more the reason why they should be collected and put on record while there is yet time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the whole, the industry of the collectors of Celtic folklore is to be commended, as may be seen from the survey of it I have prefixed to the Notes and References at the end of the volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe following Celtic folk tales and fairy tales are found in this edition:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONRLA AND THE FAIRY MAIDEN\u003cbr\u003eGULEESH\u003cbr\u003eThe Field of Boliauns\u003cbr\u003eThe Horned Women\u003cbr\u003eConall Yellowclaw \u003cbr\u003eHUDDEN and DUDDEN AND DONALD O'NEARY \u003cbr\u003eThe Shepherd of Myddvai\u003cbr\u003eThe Sprightly Tailor\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Deirdre \u003cbr\u003eMUNACHAR AND MANACHAR\u003cbr\u003eGold-Tree and Silver-Tree\u003cbr\u003eKing O'Toole and his Goose\u003cbr\u003eThe Wooing of Olwen\u003cbr\u003eJack and his Comrades\u003cbr\u003eThe Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire\u003cbr\u003eThe Story-Teller at Fault\u003cbr\u003eThe Sea-Maiden\u003cbr\u003eA Legend of Knockmany\u003cbr\u003eFair, Brown, and Trembling\u003cbr\u003eJack and his Master\u003cbr\u003eBeth Gellert \u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Ivan\u003cbr\u003eAndrew Coffey\u003cbr\u003eThe Battle of the Birds\u003cbr\u003eBrewery of Eggshells\u003cbr\u003eThe Lad with the Goat-Skin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe stories are followed by Notes and References.","brand":"Balefire Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153116053744,"sku":"2940015890518","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940015890518_p0.jpg?v=1763626058","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015890518","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}