30 review for Folktales from the Irish Countryside

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   4 out of 5

   Michael – Feb 05, 2016

   This was actually a very good collection of Irish folktales, plain, unadorned, and straightforward but with the usual Irish dialectical "flourishes", for lack of a better word. Each tale was gathered firsthand by the author from one of five living sources; what's more, all of these sources lived in the vicinity of the author's own hometown in Ireland. As a result the tales are all representative of Irish folklore, but are also a folkloric snapshot of a particular place in Ireland in a particular This was actually a very good collection of Irish folktales, plain, unadorned, and straightforward but with the usual Irish dialectical "flourishes", for lack of a better word. Each tale was gathered firsthand by the author from one of five living sources; what's more, all of these sources lived in the vicinity of the author's own hometown in Ireland. As a result the tales are all representative of Irish folklore, but are also a folkloric snapshot of a particular place in Ireland in a particular time (the author's childhood and youth). I enjoyed this a lot more than Yeats' collection, for some reason. Definitely recommended.

2. 

   5 out of 5

   Monday – Mar 31, 2010

   very warming

3. 

   4 out of 5

   Kyle –

4. 

   5 out of 5

   Laura – Mar 02, 2015

   enchanting tales passed down from generation to generation

5. 

   4 out of 5

   Ruaidhri –

6. 

   5 out of 5

   Sean –

7. 

   5 out of 5

   Kailey (BooksforMKs) –

8. 

   4 out of 5

   Morgan –

9. 

   5 out of 5

   Jack –

10. 

    4 out of 5

    Erin –

11. 

    5 out of 5

    Rachel –

12. 

    5 out of 5

    Ailbe –

13. 

    4 out of 5

    Michael Barnett –

14. 

    4 out of 5

    Malcolm –

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    4 out of 5

    Mary –

16. 

    5 out of 5

    Greg Bennett –

17. 

    5 out of 5

    Leigh –

18. 

    5 out of 5

    Leah –

19. 

    4 out of 5

    Jenn –

20. 

    4 out of 5

    Sean McKernan –

21. 

    5 out of 5

    Shaylin Lee –

22. 

    4 out of 5

    Emily –

23. 

    4 out of 5

    Krista –

24. 

    5 out of 5

    R. J. –

25. 

    4 out of 5

    Tracie –

26. 

    5 out of 5

    Mirela Ne –

27. 

    4 out of 5

    Melissa Winton –

28. 

    5 out of 5

    Andy –

29. 

    4 out of 5

    Val –

30. 

    4 out of 5

    Mary Flynn –