Celtic Fairy Tales

Project Gutenberg's Celtic Fairy Tales, by Joseph Jacobs (coll. & ed.)This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Celtic Fairy TalesAuthor: Joseph Jacobs (coll. & ed.)Posting Date: February 4, 2010 [EBook #7885] Release Date: April, 2005 First Posted: May 30, 2003Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CELTIC FAIRY TALES ***Produced by Delphine Lettau, Charles Franks, and the people at Distributed ProofreadersCELTIC FAIRY TALESSELECTED AND EDITED BYJOSEPH JACOBS_SAY THISThree times, with your eyes shut_Mothuighim boladh an Éireannaigh bhinn bhreugaigh faoi m'fhóidín dúthaigh._And you will seeWhat you will see_TO ALFRED NUTTPREFACELast year, in giving the young ones a volume of English Fairy Tales, my difficulty was one of collection. This time, inoffering them specimens of the rich folk-fancy of the Celts of these islands, my trouble has rather been one of selection.Ireland began to collect her folk-tales almost as early as any country in Europe, and Croker has found a whole school ofsuccessors in Carleton, Griffin, Kennedy, Curtin, and Douglas Hyde. Scotland had the great name of Campbell, and hasstill efficient followers in MacDougall, MacInnes, Carmichael, Macleod, and Campbell of Tiree. Gallant little Wales has noname ...