Author: Ruth Marshall Publisher: The History Press ISBN: 0752492039 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 156
Book Description
Do you know what lurks in the waters of Cullaun Lake? Or why a Clare woman should never, ever, be disturbed while she is knitting? These questions and more will be answered in this unique collection of traditional tales from across the county, which explores Clare’s rich heritage of myths and legends. We will hear the tales of well-known figures, including Cúchulainn, Brian Boru and Clare wise-woman Biddy Early, as well as lesser-known characters such as Grian, Daughter of the Sun, and the Hag of Bealaha. Also featured are fantastic stories of mythical creatures and underwater worlds, including the Newhall mermaid, the fairies of Glandree, and the sunken city of Kilstiofeen. Clare’s varied and vivid landscape, from its ancient oak woodlands and soft drumlin country in the east, to its rugged and windswept Atlantic coastline in the west, is reflected in this tantalising selection of tales collected and retold by local storyteller Ruth Marshall.
Author: Marie Campbell Publisher: University of Georgia Press ISBN: 9780820321868 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 276
Book Description
Assembled here are seventy-eight stories from six of the "ballad-singingest, tale-tellingest" residents of the eastern Kentucky mountain country. Based on stories rooted in European traditions from German fairy tales to Irish hero stories to Greek myths, the tales had been handed down through generations of telling before Marie Campbell collected them in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Readers will recognize the story of Snow White in "A Stepchild That Was Treated Mighty Bad," while "Three Shirts and a Golden Finger Ring" recalls the fairy tale of the Seven Swans. "The Fellow That Married A Dozen Times" is a lively rendition of "Bluebeard." As the narrators cautioned Marie Campbell again and again, "Tale-telling is nigh about faded out in the mountain country," but Tales from the Cloud Walking Country offers a lasting record of history, cultural heritage, language, and good old-fashioned fun.
Author: Clare Osdene Schapiro Publisher: ISBN: 9781597256681 Category : Cooking Languages : en Pages : 168
Book Description
"When Clare Osdene invites you into her kitchen -- as she does in her Richmond Times-Dispatch column, "Clare's Kitchen" -- you will join an enthusiastic, intrepid home cook who finds great satisfaction in whipping up delicious dishes to share with her beloved friends and family. Clare's mix of sage advice -- grow your own herbs if at all possible -- and salty admonitions -- don't take the fun out of cooking by striving for perfection -- enliven the stories she tells about her cooking adventures. You will find 75 recipes from Clare's kitchen in this volume. They include treasures from her English mother, her Czech father and dozens of her original takes on old standards. And, as she will regularly remind you, love is the most essential ingredient of all." --p. 4 of cover.
Author: Seán Ó Súilleabháin Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 0226639983 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 366
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Contains a collection of over fifty Gaelic folktales from the archives of the Irish Folklore Commission including tales of kings and warriors, pagans and Christians, and stories about historical Irish characters.
Author: Nina Clare Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: 9781797046037 Category : Languages : en Pages : 360
Book Description
Elsa, the sheltered daughter of a baron, has been forced to flee her home.When she's given refuge at the royal castle it would seem that help is at hand, but the young king is not an easy man to speak to. In fact, Elsa's not sure what kind of man he is.Caught up into strange and magical happenings, political intrigues and romantic conflicts, the glamorous world of the king disintegrates about her, and enemies close in.Elsa wonders who to trust, who to love, and if she will ever make it home again.
Author: Ruth Marshall Publisher: The History Press ISBN: 075098158X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 209
Book Description
COUNTY Limerick is a place of kings and commoners. It is where Donn Fírinne, king of the Munster fairies, is said to have once roamed and where Sean na Scuab, a poor broom seller from the wrong side of the river, was chosen to be mayor of the city. It is a land filled with stories, poetry, music and drama.In these pages you can read about Sionainn, who was carried away by the flowing waters of the River Shannon; the bright and beautiful goddess Áine, the fairy queen, who knits the earth’s green mantle below Lough Gur; Finn MacCool and his band of warri ors, the Fianna; the wise woman Joan Grogan and her ingenious cures; foolish Tadhg who outwitted a gang of thieves; and the poet-magician, Gearóid Iarla, on his horse with silver shoes.In this unique collection, storyteller Ruth Marshall recounts tales of mystery, music and magic from across the rich tapestry of the folklore of County Limerick.
Author: Clare Helen Welsh Publisher: ISBN: 9781783448951 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Cinderella with a strong feminist twist, based on the life and work of pioneer German animator and film director Lotte Reiniger. Lotte doesn't believe in happy endings. She lives with her horrible, bossy sisters and her only friends are the exquisite cut-out paper puppets she makes by the light of the moon. But when an invitation to the Palace Spring Ball arrives on their doorstep, Lotte sees her chance to change her life for ever... Cinderella with a difference where forceful individuality and talent create real life happy endings, not fairy tale magic.
Author: Kevan Manwaring Publisher: The History Press ISBN: 0750951702 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 193
Book Description
Take a walk through this county in the heart of England in the entertaining company of a local storyteller. Kevan Manwaring, born and raised in Northampton, regales you with tales ancient and modern. Learn how the farmer outwitted the bogle; how a Queen who lost her head; the Great Fire of Northampton; and the last execution of witches in England. Along the way you will meet incredible characters from history and myth: Boudicca, St Patrick, Robin Hood and Hereward the Wake, Captain Slash, Dionysia the female knight, beasts and angels, cobblers and kings. From fairies to wolves, these illustrated tales are ideal to be read out loud or used as a source book for your own performances. Northamptonshire Folk Tales is a great companion for any visit to the area, for fascinating days out and for discovering exciting treasures on your doorstep. The 'Rose of the Shires' will open before you!
Author: Ruth Marshall
Author: Thomas Johnson Westropp
Author: Marie Campbell
Author: Clare Osdene Schapiro
Author: Seán Ó Súilleabháin
Author: Nina Clare
Author: Ruth Marshall
Author: Clare Helen Welsh
Author: Folklore Society (Great Britain)
Author: Kevan Manwaring