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DEDICATED TO REPRODUCING TRADITIONAL TEXTS IN AUTHENTIC GUISE |
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Tales from the Mythological and Ulster Cycles CONTENTS Three Best Bits... The Hole of Cack... Beltraw Strand... A White Black-Maned Cow... The March to Dunrury... Connor Cruel-Crest... Long-Horn O`Leary... The First Night... The Cave of Cruachan... Fionavar Clarseer... The Wheel-Feat of the Youths... Cup of Gold/Cup of Silver... The Second Night... The Third Night... The Way to Eden Dale... |
THE HOUSE THAT FISH BUILT
The hall which Father Fish built was constructed in this way: It had nine compartments from fire place to wall, with each façade made of bronze, standing thirty feet high; it took a waggon team to haul each beam and the strength of seven men to fix each pole. At the front of the hall, high above the rest, a royal compartment or king Grim-Gaze was erected, and positioned around it in acircular fashion were twelve couches replete with blanketsand cushions for the comfort of the heroes of Erin...
Published by Pieman Press 13th September 2001 |
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The House that Fish Built: Tales from the Mythological and Ulster Cycles.
Father Fish and Little Nipper, Champions of the Crafty Folk, use all their native wit and ingenuity to regain the championship of Erin from the invading Slug-Men, in two tales from old Ireland. |
