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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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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!
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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 ...
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 ...
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