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" Celtic fairy tales / "
collected by Joseph Jacobs ; Illustrated by John D. Batten.
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BL
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1010464
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b764834
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| Title & Author
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Celtic fairy tales /\ collected by Joseph Jacobs ; Illustrated by John D. Batten.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Dover Publications,, 1968.
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xiv, 267 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates :: illustrations ;; 22 cm
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0486218260
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: 9780486218267
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| Notes
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"Unabridged republication of the work first published in ... 1892"--Title page verso.
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Bibliographical references included in "Notes and references" (pages [237]-267).
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| Contents
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Connla and the fairy maiden -- Guleesh -- The field of boliauns -- The horned women -- Conall Yellowclaw -- Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary -- The shepherd of Myddvai -- The sprightly tailor -- The story of Deirdre -- Munachar and Manachar -- Gold-tree and silver-tree -- King O'Toole and his goose -- The wooing of Olwen -- Jack and his comrades -- The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire -- The story-teller at fault -- The sea-maiden -- A legend of Knockmany -- Fair, brown, and trembling -- Jack and his master -- Beth Gellert -- The tale of Ivan -- Andrew Coffey -- The battle of the birds -- Brewery of eggshells -- The lad with the goat-skin.
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| Abstract
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Twenty-six characteristic tales, both romantic and comic, from the folklore of the Celts of the British Isles, collected from both Gaelic and English speaking peasants.
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Fairy tales-- Great Britain.
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Tales-- Great Britain.
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Celts-- Folklore.
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Fairy tales.
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Folklore-- Great Britain.
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Fairy tales.
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Tales.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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398.21
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| LC Classification
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PZ8.J19C13 1968
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HG 780rvk
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HG 835rvk
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| Added Entry
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Batten, John D., (John Dickson),1860-1932
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Jacobs, Joseph,1854-1916
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