Welsh Fairy Tales and Other Stories


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(4 stars; 14 reviews)

A collection of Welsh Fairy tales. These tales were collected by me whilst living in Anglesea during the winter 1891-2. With the exception of the French story, they were told me and I took them down at the time. In most cases I have done but little "editing", preferring to give the stories as told. P. H. Emerson, April 1894. (Summary from Author's Note) (1 hr 42 min)

Chapters

The Fairies of Caragonann 9:33 Read by Goss45
The Craig-y-Don Blacksmith 2:11 Read by Charlotte Duckett
Old Gwilym 2:48 Read by Charlotte Duckett
The Baby-Farmer 1:33 Read by Charlotte Duckett
The Old Man and the Fairies 2:36 Read by Charlotte Duckett
Tommy Pritchard 1:19 Read by Charlotte Duckett
Kaddy's luck 1:24 Read by Charlotte Duckett
The story of Gelert 3:55 Read by Charlotte Duckett
Origin of the Welsh 8:34 Read by Tom Merritt
The Crows 4:50 Read by J.J. Wazman
Robert and the Fairies 1:43 Read by Charlotte Duckett
The Fairy of the Dell 11:13 Read by dramaluver14
Ellen's Luck 1:01 Read by Grace
The Fairies' Mint 1:57 Read by Grace
The Pellings 3:13 Read by Goss45
The Long-Lived Ancestors 3:49 Read by Snapdragon
The Giantess's Apron-Full 1:31 Read by Kathrine Engan
A Fable 1:36 Read by Cheri Gardner
The Story of the Pig-Trough 3:00 Read by Cheri Gardner
Billy Duffy and the Devil 9:18 Read by laurenburwell
John O'Groats 8:24 Read by engineerdst
Eva's Luck 1:56 Read by Charlotte Duckett
The Fisherman of Shetland 8:35 Read by Libby Gohn
The Pastor's Nurse 6:53 Read by Libby Gohn

Reviews

Fairy and Rural Tales- Short and sweet


(4 stars)

These tales are amusing but most are *very* short. I would have loved to have heard the tales lengthened and fleshed out. I guess they are what they are. Although the tales are ostensibly Welsh, several feature Irish people and the last one is in French. ??