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Folk Tales of Breffny
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hunt, Bampton
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : multiple file formats
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,
- Summary:
- "Folk Tales of Breffny" by Bampton Hunt is a collection of traditional Irish folk tales written in the early 20th century. This work captures the essence of Irish folklore, featuring a variety of stories that explore themes of magic, morality, and the supernatural. The tales include characters such as brave old men, cunning children, and enchanting fairies, demonstrating a rich tapestry of life and beliefs from the region of Breffny. At the start of the collection, Hunt introduces readers to a narrative framework, where he recounts how many stories were passed down from an old storyteller to a young child with a thirst for knowledge. This setting establishes the collection's emphasis on oral tradition and the wisdom of experience. The first tale, "The King's Daughter of France," follows Paddy, a poor old Irishman who, with the help of a mysterious boy in a red cap, embarks on an adventure that leads him to cure the king's daughter, gaining wealth and recognition. The engaging storytelling style suggests a blend of humor, adventure, and supernatural elements that characterize the subsequent tales in the collection. Each story reflects a part of Irish cultural heritage, inviting readers into a world where the magical and the mundane intertwine. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
- Contents:
- The King's daughter of France
- The cow of a widow of Breffny
- Kate Ellen's wake
- The dark oath
- Fairy gold
- M'Carthy of Connacht
- Nallagh's child
- The enchanted hare
- The bridge of the kist
- The child and the fiddle
- The cutting of the tree
- The little settlement
- The tillage in the fort
- The new deck of cards
- The lifting of a child
- The voice at the door
- The Earl's son of the sea
- The girl and the fairies
- Good-night, my brave Michael
- The lad and the old lassie's song
- The basket of eggs
- The broken branch
- Digging for gold
- Story of a churn
- The gankeynogue in the oak chest
- The maker of brogues.
- Credits:
- Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Notes:
- Reading ease score: 86.7 (6th grade). Easy to read.
- Release date is 2017-05-14
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