03231cam a22003373u 4500 76322 UtSlPG 20260610134751.0 m cr n 260607r20251911utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PZ Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932 The Kiltartan wonder book Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-06-16 The Mule -- Beswarragal -- The seven fishers -- Shawneen -- The man that served the sea -- The Bullockeen -- The three sons -- King Solomon -- The Robineen -- The ball of thread -- The horse and foal -- The woman that was a great fool -- The Danes -- Cailleac-na-Cearc -- The goats -- The curious woman. Chris Hapka and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Kiltartan wonder book" by Lady Gregory is a collection of Irish folk tales written in the early 20th century. Drawn from the Kiltartan oral tradition and told in a chatty, fireside voice, these wonder tales brim with enchantments, quests, giants, clever girls and foolish boys, and animals that speak or save the day. Readers meet a stream of different heroes—a simple prince on a talking mule, the bewitching Beswarragal, the Fish’s son, Shawneen, and others—in self‑contained episodes rich with magic objects, tests, and trickery. The opening of this collection strings together brisk, storyteller-led tales: a “Fool” prince chases a singing bird, rides a miraculous mule, wins a king’s daughter, and breaks the mule’s enchantment; Beswarragal, a swan‑maiden, is lost and found through trials, a magic horse, and a fight with the Queen of the Black Wood; the Fish’s son, aided by a white hound and a hawk, slays Croagcill to free a princess. Shawneen gains giant‑won treasures, kills a dragon in the Black Duke’s armor, dies to a hag, and is revived by his brother Shamus; a man marries a mermaid who later returns to the sea, leaving a child and a pot of gold; a loyal Bullockeen guides a boy through battles with red, white, and green bulls before dying and gifting him great strength. Further brief pieces showcase riddling wit and conditions (King Solomon), the blessing‑and‑curse moral of sharing with a robin (and finding crocks of gold), a thread‑led rescue from an enchanted killer, a hare‑witch saved from black hounds, and a foolish wife who blunders into riches; the last fragment begins a visit to tiny “Danes” in a fairy fort before the excerpt cuts off. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Dublin: Maunsel & Co. Ltd, 1911 Folklore -- Ireland -- Juvenile literature Gregory, Margaret, 1884-1979 https://archive.org/details/kiltartanwonderb00gregrich https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76322 117047 117047