Not bad really, though there were a few stories in there with terrible spelling that I ended up skipping.

Such a lovely book to learn about some Irish folk tales. While some stories were a bit confusing (lots of names and occasional ambiguous structures), the magical feeling the stories transmit made me reconnect with the more imaginative and innocent side of myself that used to believe in the fantasy t

Honestly, this was a hard rating for me to give a book, especially with how much I love Irish lore and myth. But…just the way this book was set up - and with encountering many of the same myths told in a way that was easier to understand - didn’t sit well with me. I still enjoyed reading these myths

Not sure how to rate this; it's really just an eccentric grouping of Irish fairy tales sharing many common themes. It features a ton of strange stuff: magical cows, talking ponies and dancing pudding for example. Yep. The writing was a bit hard to follow at times due to the literal Irish dialect tra

This isn't the edition I have, but that edition doesn't seem to exist. A varied collection, some in the high heroic, some literary retellings and some oral transcriptions edited to a greater or lesser degree. Lots of actual fairies, which is nice. Two stories from T Crofton Croker's collection, thou