reading notes: more celtic fairy tales part A

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five men got together to decide who would become king. the main man was not chosen and got angry, they gave him a beautiful wife to cheer him up and they had four kids. she died and then he married the sister who ended up hating the children and tried to have them killed. she failed but turned them into swans. she got turned into an air demon as punishment. the spell eventually got broken, but not before they had grown old, and they died the day the spell was undone.

there was a king who had a devil living inside of him, so he ate a large feast for every meal. a dr of sorts came to help. he convinced the king to fast for a time and then tied him up and ate the feast that he usualy does. tempting him with every bite until the devil jumped out. then he burned it.

This man's only dream was to have a dream. his employer told him that he would dream if he slept in the fire place. he did this and went on a crazy adventure. his wife awoke due to a shoe falling on her head and she woke him up. he was halfway up the chimney, covered in soot.


Story source: More Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1895).

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