Fairy Legends and Traditions by Thomas Crofton Croker Fairy Legends and Traditions Table of Contents Fairy Legends and Traditions............................................................................................................................1 by Thomas Crofton Croker......................................................................................................................1 Dedication to Dowager Lady Chatterton.................................................................................................2 The Legend of Knocksheogowna............................................................................................................2 The Legend of Knockfierna.....................................................................................................................4 The Legend of Knockgrafton...................................................................................................................6 The Priest.................................................................................................................................................9 The Young Piper....................................................................................................................................12 The Brewery of Egg−Shells...................................................................................................................15 The Changeling......................................................................................................................................16 The Two Gossips...................................................................................................................................17 The Legend of Bottle Hill......................................................................................................................18 The Confessions of Tom Bourke...........................................................................................................23 Fairies Or No Fairies..............................................................................................................................30 The Haunted Cellar................................................................................................................................33 Seeing is Believing................................................................................................................................37 Master and Man.....................................................................................................................................40 The Field of Boliauns............................................................................................................................44 The Little Shoe.......................................................................................................................................48 Legends of the Banshee.........................................................................................................................49 Legends of the Banshee.........................................................................................................................51 The Spirit Horse.....................................................................................................................................58 Daniel O Rourke....................................................................................................................................59 The Crookened Back..............................................................................................................................63 The Haunted Castle................................................................................................................................65 Fior Usga................................................................................................................................................67 Cormac and Mary..................................................................................................................................69 The Legend of Lough Gur.....................................................................................................................70 The Enchanted Lake..............................................................................................................................71 The Legend of O'Donoghue...................................................................................................................73 The Lady of Gollerus.............................................................................................................................74 Flory Cantillon's Funeral.......................................................................................................................78 The Lord of Dunkerron..........................................................................................................................80 The Wonderful Tune..............................................................................................................................82 The Wonderful Tune..............................................................................................................................86 Hanlon's Mill..........................................................................................................................................91 The Death Coach....................................................................................................................................93 The Headless Horseman........................................................................................................................94 Diarmid Bawn, The Piper......................................................................................................................99 Teigue of the Lee.................................................................................................................................101 Ned Sheehy's Excuse...........................................................................................................................104 The Lucky Guest..................................................................................................................................111 Dreaming Tim Jarvis............................................................................................................................114 Rent−Day.............................................................................................................................................118 Linn−Na−Payshtha..............................................................................................................................120 The Legend of Cairn Thierna...............................................................................................................123 The Rock of the Candle.......................................................................................................................124 The Giant's Stairs.................................................................................................................................125 i Fairy Legends and Traditions Table of Contents Clough na Cuddy.................................................................................................................................128 Letter from Sir Walter Scott to the author of the Irish Fairy Legends................................................133 ii Fairy Legends and Traditions by Thomas Crofton Croker This page copyright © 2001 Blackmask Online. http://www.blackmask.com • Dedication to Dowager Lady Chatterton • The Legend of Knocksheogowna • The Legend of Knockfierna • The Legend of Knockgrafton • The Priest • The Young Piper • The Brewery of Egg−Shells • The Changeling • The Two Gossips • The Legend of Bottle Hill • The Confessions of Tom Bourke • Fairies Or No Fairies • The Haunted Cellar • Seeing is Believing • Master and Man • The Field of Boliauns • The Little Shoe • Legends of the Banshee • Legends of the Banshee • The Spirit Horse • Daniel O Rourke • The Crookened Back • The Haunted Castle • Fior Usga • Cormac and Mary • The Legend of Lough Gur • The Enchanted Lake • The Legend of O'Donoghue • The Lady of Gollerus • Flory Cantillon's Funeral • The Lord of Dunkerron • The Wonderful Tune • The Wonderful Tune • Hanlon's Mill • The Death Coach • The Headless Horseman • Diarmid Bawn, The Piper • Teigue of the Lee • Ned Sheehy's Excuse • The Lucky Guest • Dreaming Tim Jarvis Fairy Legends and Traditions 1 Fairy Legends and Traditions • Rent−Day • Linn−Na−Payshtha • The Legend of Cairn Thierna • The Rock of the Candle • The Giant's Stairs • Clough na Cuddy • Letter from Sir Walter Scott to the author of the Irish Fairy Legends Dedication to Dowager Lady Chatterton TO THE DOWAGER LADY CHATTERTON, CASTLE MAHON. THEE, Lady, would I lead through Fairy−land (Whence cold and doubting reasoners are exiled), A land of dreams, with air−built castles piled; The moonlight SHEFROS there, in merry band With arful CLURICAUNE, should ready stand To welcome thee − Imagination's child! Till on thy ear would burst so sadly wild The BANSHEE'S shriek, who points with wither'd hand In the dim twilight should the PHOOKA come, Whose dusky form fades in the sunny light, That opens clear calm LAKES upon thy sight, Where blessed spirts dwell in endless bloom. I know thee, Lady − thou wilt not deride Such Fairy Scenes. − Then onward with thy Guide. T. Crofton Croker The Legend of Knocksheogowna I Dedication to Dowager Lady Chatterton 2 Fairy