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Irish Tales and Legends

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Irish Tales and Legends
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All magic fades, magical creatures lose their power, deities retire. But not in protected Ireland, where the spirit of the pragmatic age winds half-heartedly, and the marvelous still feel at ease, bestow gifts on the good and annoy the malicious. Ladies and gentlemen in ceremonial attire, in red hats and green cloaks, barely distinguishable among grasses and flowers, ride out in cavalcades and dance on night pogosts, teach the arrogant youths to be wise, and steal away a human cub, leaving an enchanted log in its cradle. Bored merrows beckon sailors to the bottom of the ocean, tempting them with a bottle of brandy. Grumpy leprechauns, skilled shoe-makers, don't forget to distract themselves with mischief - rarely innocent. Yesterday's dead are ghosted by their ruiners, and the faithful banshees are already mourning tomorrow's dead. No wonder that, collecting and systematizing the tales and legends of his native country, the greatest poet of Ireland William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) was convinced that "if you dig deeper, each and every one is a clairvoyant. The Celt is clairvoyant as it is".
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