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The Kaha Bird
2023-12-05Once upon a time there lived an old fisherman. Early in the morning he would go down to the river and sit there fishing all day. And in the evening, w...
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The Shepherd, the Tiger, and the Fox
2023-12-05A shepherd brought his sheep into the field to graze, and sat down under a tree to rest. Suddenly a tiger came out of the woods. The shepherd picked u...
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King Cormac's Cup
2023-12-05King Cormac had faults. They were not what would be faults in you or me, but they were faults in a King. In the first place, he believed every tale th...
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The Enchanted Bottle
2023-12-05It was in the good days when the little people, most commonly called fairies, were more frequently seen than they are in these unbelieving times, that...
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A Legend of Knockmany
2023-12-05What Irish man, woman, or child has not heard of the great and glorious Fin M'Coul? Not one, from Cape Clear to the Giant's Causeway, nor from...
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The Story of Deirdre
2023-12-05There was a man in Ireland once who was called Malcolm Harper. The man was a right good man, and he had a goodly share of this world's goods. He h...
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Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'Neary
2023-12-05There was once upon a time two farmers, and their names were Hudden and Dudden. They had poultry in their yards, sheep on the uplands, and scores of c...
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The Storyteller at Fault
2023-12-05At the time when the Tuatha De Dannan held the sovereignty of Ireland, there reigned in Leinster a king, who was remarkably fond of hearing stories. L...
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The Four White Swans
2023-12-05In the days of long ago there lived in the Green Isle of Erin a race of brave men and fair women--the race of the Dedannans. North, south, east, and w...
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The Wooing of Becfola
2023-12-05We do not know where Becfola came from. Nor do we know for certain where she went to. We do not even know her real name, for the name Becfola, "D...