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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 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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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 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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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 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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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 Silken Tassel
2023-12-05There was a girl called Torko-Chachak, which means "Silken Tassel." Her eyes were like wild cherries, her brows were like two rainbows. Into...
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Living Water
2023-12-05This happened a long, long time ago, when the cedar, the fir, and the pine still had needles that yellowed and dropped in the fall instead of staying ...
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Father Frost
2023-12-05In a far-away country, somewhere in Russia, there lived a stepmother who had a stepdaughter and also a daughter of her own. Her own daughter was dear ...