This book has depth, artistry and drama with a strong and clear storyteller's voice. It needed, in my opinion as a teacher, a helping hand to make it more accessible to contemporary children - especially North American kids. So I gave it a fresh editing with grade 4-8 students in mind. In addition to editing for clarity and pronounceability (Celtic spellings are sometimes impossible ), I refreshed the original illustrations, inserted footnotes where a word was uncommon or seldom used, added a map to show where countries and mountains mentioned in the book are located, added a section with characterizations and drawings of all the birds which appear in the book, included the Celtic Ogham alphabet referenced in one tale (plus examples for students to decipher and encouragement for them to write their own Ogham), and finally, added a brief biography of Padraic Colum, with a description of his dramatic life and times in Ireland and his arrival in the land of hope, America. This book really is a gem and well worth the reading for both students and adults alike. Reg Down: editor.

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: GIRbG0-WrrH-THE, J aAT5 L9SE5 HUSE . Irl-go-with-the-goats remembered on the moment what she had to do to make the house well-ordered for her step-mother's return. She ran to the door and pushed past her step-sisters, and, taking the besom out of the corner, she started to sweep the floor up towards the hearth. And then she heard Buttercup and Berry-bright talking to their mother as they came up the loaning. " Oh, Mother," said Buttercup, "I am as glad to see you as if you had brought a Roc's Egg to me." "Oh, what will I say to Dame Dale so that she will know I am as glad as Buttercup is to see her back?" said Girl-go-with-the-Goats. "A Roc's Egg I could never think of anything as magnificent as that " "Oh, Mother," said Berry-bright, "I am as glad to see you as if you had brought a Phoenix Feather to me." "A Phoenix Feather " said Girl-go-with-the- Goats. "I could never think of anything as magnificent as that." And then Dame Dale was at the door-way. Girl-go-with-the-Goats went on sweeping towards the hearth and her back was towards her. And when she entered the house Dame Dale said, "I have to get the welcome from the hearth yet. And what do you say to me, fosterling?" Girl-go-with-the-Goats turned round to Dame Dale, the besom in her hands and her face all red with blushes. "I am more pleased to see you," said she, "than if you had brought salt to the house when it was lacking it." "The idea " said Buttercup. "The idea " said Berry-bright. But Girl-go-with-the-Goats knew what it was for the house to be without salt for the bread, and salt for the porridge, and salt for the egg. And if the house had been without it there would have been nothing more welcome than salt coming in. But Dame Dale was angry when instead of hearing of a Roc's Egg ...

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: GIRbG0-WrrH-THE, J aAT5 L9SE5 HUSE . Irl-go-with-the-goats remembered on the moment what she had to do to make the house well-ordered for her step-mother's return. She ran to the door and pushed past her step-sisters, and, taking the besom out of the corner, she started to sweep the floor up towards the hearth. And then she heard Buttercup and Berry-bright talking to their mother as they came up the loaning. " Oh, Mother," said Buttercup, "I am as glad to see you as if you had brought a Roc's Egg to me." "Oh, what will I say to Dame Dale so that she will know I am as glad as Buttercup is to see her back?" said Girl-go-with-the-Goats. "A Roc's Egg I could never think of anything as magnificent as that " "Oh, Mother," said Berry-bright, "I am as glad to see you as if you had brought a Phoenix Feather to me." "A Phoenix Feather " said Girl-go-with-the- Goats. "I could never think of anything as magnificent as that." And then Dame Dale was at the door-way. Girl-go-with-the-Goats went on sweeping towards the hearth and her back was towards her. And when she entered the house Dame Dale said, "I have to get the welcome from the hearth yet. And what do you say to me, fosterling?" Girl-go-with-the-Goats turned round to Dame Dale, the besom in her hands and her face all red with blushes. "I am more pleased to see you," said she, "than if you had brought salt to the house when it was lacking it." "The idea " said Buttercup. "The idea " said Berry-bright. But Girl-go-with-the-Goats knew what it was for the house to be without salt for the bread, and salt for the porridge, and salt for the egg. And if the house had been without it there would have been nothing more welcome than salt coming in. But Dame Dale was angry when instead of hearing of a Roc's Egg ...