  | Preface: Previous collections of Irish folk-lore; ignorance of the language on the part of collectors. Relation between Irish and Scotch Gaelic tales; the Irish bardic tales; the runs in Irish and Scotch. Date of Irish versions. Two classes of Irish stories; native myths. Narrators of the stories. Discouragement of Irish by schoolmasters, clergy, and politicians. Proper mode of collecting. System of translation accepted. | Page, ix-l. | | Postscript (by Alfred Nutt): Dr. Hyde’s theories discussed; folk-lore and romance; necessity for romance to conform to convention; characteristics of folk-fancy; classification of the products of folk-fancy; myth, saga, MÄrchen and ballad; romance and folk-lore among the Gael; folk-conception of the Universe | Page, li-lviii. | | Tales. | | | I. | The Tailor and the Three Beasts | 2-14 | | II. | Bran | 14-18 | | III. | The King of Ireland’s Son | 18-46 | | IV. | The Alp-Luachra | 46-72 | | V. | Paudyeen O’Kelly and the Weasel | 72-90 | | VI. | Leeam O’Rooney’s Burial | 90-103 | | VII. | Guleesh na Guss Dhu | 104-128 | | VIII. | The Well of D’Yerree-in-Dowan | 129-141 | | IX. | The Court of Crinnawn | 142-148 | | X. | Neil O’Carree | 148-153 | | XI. | Trunk-without-Head | 154-161 | | XII. | The Hags of the Long Teeth | 161-166 | | XIII. | William of the Tree | 167-169 | | XIV. | The Old Crow and the Young Crow | 169 | | XV. | Riddles | 170-172 | | Where the Stories came from | 173-174 | | Notes | 175-195 | | Notes on the Irish Text | 197-200 | | Index of Incidents | 201-203 |
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