Irish Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs

Welcome back to the forgotten shelf. This is day 20!
Watch the video for today, here or here.

The Book in short
The captivating Irish stories collected in this new edition include both comic tales such as Paddy O’Kelly and the Weasel, and tales of heroes from ancient literature such as How Cormac Mac Art went to Faery.

By turns funny, fantastical and mysterious, the stories are matched in liveliness by the original illustrations of John D. Batten. It would be hard to find a better introduction for children to the special magic of Celtic storytelling.
The stories in this book are taken from Joseph Jacobs’ classic two-volume collection Celtic Fairy Tales (1891-2) and More Celtic Fairy Tales (1894)
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My Thoughts
As I said in the video, not all fairy tales are as nice as you remember from Disney, but there is something interesting about that. Back in the day, such stories were shared to teach people about morals and about being a good person. I love the love story of it, the happily ever after, but there is something to say about learning that not all stories have happy endings and that the bad guys get their due on screen instead of off screen.

That was the forgotten shelf for today. I’ll see you tomorrow.