--- title: «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs — the whole book with trees and pragmatics description: The whole of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, chapter by chapter: 3571 sentences, every one with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every clause, parsed by Mova. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / Celtic Fairy Tales # «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs The whole of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (public domain in the USA): 60 chapters, 3571 sentences. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics. Mova parsed them all itself; 26 are also in the tales treebank of release 0.3 and keep the tree a teacher model checked, the others say plainly that no teacher has checked them. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/1/) — \_say This — 4 sentences · Three times, with your eyes shut\_ - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/2/) — \_to Alfred Nutt\_ — 59 sentences · PREFACE - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/3/) — Joseph Jacobs. — 26 sentences · CONTENTS - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/) — Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 1 — 105 sentences · Connla of the Fiery Hair was son of Conn of the Hundred Fights. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/5/) — Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 2 — 84 sentences · When the dancing was over, the old king, her father, and her mother the queen, came up and said that this wa… - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/6/) — Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 3 — 58 sentences · He stood there for an hour, for two hours, for three hours, and the frost increased greatly, so that he hear… - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/7/) — The Field of Boliauns — 42 sentences · One fine day in harvest--it was indeed Lady-day in harvest, that everybody knows to be one of the greatest h… - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/8/) — The Horned Women — 32 sentences · A rich woman sat up late one night carding and preparing wool, while all the family and servants were asleep. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/9/) — Conall Yellowclaw — 210 sentences · Conall Yellowclaw was a sturdy tenant in Erin: he had three sons. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/10/) — Hudden and Dudden and Donald O'neary — 148 sentences · There was once upon a time two farmers, and their names were Hudden and Dudden. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/11/) — The Shepherd of Myddvai — 38 sentences · Up in the Black Mountains in Caermarthenshire lies the lake known as Lyn y Van Vach. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/12/) — The Sprightly Tailor — 29 sentences · A sprightly tailor was employed by the great Macdonald, in his castle at Saddell, in order to make the laird… - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/13/) — The Story of Deirdre — 208 sentences · There was a man in Ireland once who was called Malcolm Harper. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/14/) — Munachar and Manachar — 61 sentences · There once lived a Munachar and a Manachar, a long time ago, and it is a long time since it was, and if they… - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/15/) — Gold-tree and Silver-tree — 71 sentences · Once upon a time there was a king who had a wife, whose name was Silver-tree, and a daughter, whose name was… - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/16/) — King O'toole and His Goose — 58 sentences · Och, I thought all the world, far and near, had heerd o' King O'Toole--well, well, but the darkness of manki… - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/17/) — The Wooing of Olwen — 166 sentences · Shortly after the birth of Kilhuch, the son of King Kilyth, his mother died. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/18/) — Jack and His Comrades — 109 sentences · Once there was a poor widow, as often there has been, and she had one son. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/19/) — The Shee an Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire — 95 sentences · The Shee an Gannon was born in the morning, named at noon, and went in the evening to ask his daughter of th… - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/20/) — The Story-teller At Fault — 171 sentences · At the time when the Tuatha De Dannan held the sovereignty of Ireland, there reigned in Leinster a king, who… - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/21/) — The Sea-maiden — 173 sentences · There was once a poor old fisherman, and one year he was not getting much fish. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/22/) — A Legend of Knockmany — 129 sentences · What Irish man, woman, or child has not heard of our renowned Hibernian Hercules, the great and glorious Fin… - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/) — Fair, Brown, and Trembling — 166 sentences · King Hugh Curucha lived in Tir Conal, and he had three daughters, whose names were Fair, Brown, and Trembling. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/24/) — Jack and His Master — 148 sentences · A poor woman had three sons. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/25/) — Beth Gellert — 23 sentences · Print Llewelyn had a favourite greyhound named Gellert that had been given to him by his father-in-law, King… - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/26/) — The Tale of Ivan — 67 sentences · There were formerly a man and a woman living in the parish of Llanlavan, in the place which is called Hwrdh. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/27/) — Andrew Coffey — 66 sentences · My grandfather, Andrew Coffey, was known to the whole barony as a quiet, decent man. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/28/) — "andrew Coffey! Andrew Coffey! It's Burning Me Ye Are." — 4 sentences · Sorry enough my grandfather was, and he vowed he wouldn't do so again. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/29/) — "andrew Coffey, Andrew Coffey, It's the Death of You I'll Be." — 6 sentences · And with that what did my grandfather see, but Patrick unslinging himself from the spit and his eyes glared… - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/30/) — "andrew Coffey! Andrew Coffey!" — 8 sentences · It's hard for a man to jump when he has been through all my grandfather had, but jump he did. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/31/) — The Battle of the Birds — 271 sentences · I will tell you a story about the wren. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/32/) — Brewery of Eggshells — 20 sentences · In Treneglwys there is a certain shepherd's cot known by the name of Twt y Cymrws because of the strange str… - [33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/) — The Lad With the Goat-skin — 100 sentences · Long ago, a poor widow woman lived down near the iron forge, by Enniscorth, and she was so poor she had no c… - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/34/) — Notes and References — 88 sentences · It may be as well to give the reader some account of the enormous extent of the Celtic folk-tales in existen… - [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/35/) — I. Connla and the Fairy Maiden. — 43 sentences · \_Source\_.--From the old Irish "Echtra Condla chaim maic Cuind Chetchathaig" of the \_Leabhar na h-Uidhre\_ ("B… - [36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/36/) — II. Guleesh. — 8 sentences · \_Source\_.--From Dr. Douglas Hyde's \_Beside the Fire\_, 104-28, where it is a translation from the same author… - [37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/37/) — III. Field of Boliauns. — 11 sentences · \_Source\_.--T. Crofton Croker's \_Fairy Legends of the South of Ireland\_, ed. - [38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/38/) — IV. Horned Women. — 16 sentences · \_Source\_.--Lady Wilde's \_Ancient Legends\_, the first story. - [39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/39/) — V. Conal Yellowclaw. — 29 sentences · \_Source\_.--Campbell, \_Pop. - [40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/40/) — VI. Hudden and Dudden. — 30 sentences · \_Source. - [41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/41/) — VII. Shepherd of Myddvai. — 26 sentences · \_Source\_.--Preface to the edition of "The Physicians of Myddvai"; their prescription-book, from the Red Book… - [42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/42/) — VIII. the Sprightly Tailor. — 9 sentences · \_Source. - [43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/43/) — IX. Deirdre. — 32 sentences · \_Source\_.--\_Celtic Magazine\_, xiii. pp. - [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/44/) — X. Munachar and Manachar. — 15 sentences · \_Source\_.--I have combined the Irish version given by Dr. Hyde in his \_Leabhar Sgeul. - [45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/45/) — XI. Gold Tree and Silver Tree. — 13 sentences · \_Source\_.--\_Celtic Magazine\_, xiii. - [46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/46/) — XII. King O'toole and His Goose. — 3 sentences · \_Source\_.--S. Lover's \_Stories and Legends of the Irish Peasantry\_. - [47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/47/) — XIII. the Wooing of Olwen. — 36 sentences · \_Source\_.--The \_Mabinogi\_ of Kulhwych and Olwen from the translation of Lady Guest, abridged. - [48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/48/) — XIV. Jack and His Comrades. — 5 sentences · \_Source\_.--Kennedy's \_Legendary Fictions of the Irish Celts\_. - [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/49/) — XV. Shee an Gannon and Gruagach Gaire. — 13 sentences · \_Source. - [50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/50/) — XVI. the Story-teller At Fault. — 27 sentences · \_Source\_.--Griffin's \_Tales from a Jury-Room\_, combined with Campbell, No. xvii. - [51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/51/) — XVII. Sea-maiden. — 35 sentences · \_Source\_.--Campbell, \_Pop. - [52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/52/) — XVIII. Legend of Knockmany. — 15 sentences · \_Source\_.--W. Carleton, \_Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry\_. - [53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/53/) — XIX. Fair, Brown, and Trembling. — 5 sentences · \_Source\_.--Curtin, \_Myths, &c., of Ireland, 78 seq. - [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/54/) — XX. Jack and His Master. — 6 sentences · \_Source\_.--Kennedy, \_Fireside Stories of Ireland\_, 74-80, "Shan an Omadhan and his Master." - [55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/55/) — XXI. Beth Gellert. — 94 sentences · \_Source\_.--I have paraphrased the well-known poem of Hon. - [56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/56/) — XXII. Story of Ivan. — 11 sentences · \_Source\_.--Lluyd, \_Archaeologia Britannia\_, 1707, the first comparative Celtic grammar and the finest piece… - [57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/57/) — XXIII. Andrew Coffey. — 6 sentences · \_Source\_.--From the late D. W. Logie, written down by Mr. Alfred Nutt. - [58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/58/) — XXIV. Battle of Birds. — 20 sentences · \_Source\_.--Campbell (\_Pop. - [59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/59/) — XXV. Brewery of Eggshells. — 5 sentences · \_Source\_.--From the \_Cambrian Quarterly Magazine\_, 1830, vol. ii. p. 86; it is stated to be literally transl… - [60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/60/) — XXVI. Lad With the Goat Skin. — 15 sentences · \_Source\_.--Kennedy, \_Legendary Fictions\_, pp.