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    Dublin Folk Tales for Children
    Dublin Folk Tales for Children
    Dublin Folk Tales for Children
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    Dublin Folk Tales for Children

    By Òrla McGovern

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    DO you know what ine's tiny spoon was used for? What was hiding up Mrs O'Flaherty's chimney? How did the fairy man help the tailor's apprentice? Who was the little flower of Castleknock Castle? What looks just like the skin of a rainbow? You'll find all the answers and loads more useful stuff inside this book.

    Dublin Folk Tales for Children is full of imagination, with stories specially selected for the enjoyment of 7- to 11-year-old readers. These tales are reshaped and created by writer and storyteller rla Mc Govern, and illustrated by Gala Tomasso. They are made to be read, told, and passed on. Inside you'll find tales like 'Filou, Filou', 'G'wan Oura Dat' and 'The Two Trees', and each dances off the page with magic and adventure.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe History Press
    Release dateAug 1, 2018
    ISBN9780750986717
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      Dublin Folk Tales for Children - Òrla McGovern

      Connemara.

      Introduction

      Hello Readers! I hope you enjoy this book. It’s a collection of folk tales from Dublin.

      Some people wonder what the phrase ‘folk tales’ means. Well, the way I see it, the clue is right there in the words themselves. Folk tales are tales from folks, simple as that. Some stories might be quite old and passed on down through the years. Others might be new, and more again are a mix of both old and new. Folk tales can be stories inspired by a particular place, a particular person, a particular animal, or even a particular tree!

      I’m very fond of trees myself. In fact, there are a couple of tree stories in this book. I often think of tales and stories themselves as being a bit like trees. Over the years they grow and change. Two people might look at the same tree – one in spring, one in winter – and see it very differently, just as two people might tell the same story in very different ways.

      Sometimes bits of a story can ‘fall away’ (a bit like old branches and leaves from a tree). Sometimes, new bits pop up when people invent new parts (a bit like the fresh shoots in spring). Stories are there to be explored and climbed. Some stories may give fruit (another story)! And some may be a bit thorny, or even smelly!

      When we hear stories of our history, the roots are often the same, but you are never quite sure in which direction the branches will twist.

      This book is called Dublin Folk Tales for Children, so the stories in it are all connected to Dublin, and, of course, anyone can enjoy a good story, no matter what age they are.

      Dublin City is the place where I was born and where I grew up. The roots of these stories came to me from loads of places: my grandparents; neighbours; friends (thanks everyone); from reading books, and, of course, from my imagination.

      There are folk tale books from other towns and countries, too, and the funny thing is, you’ll often find two stories that are quite alike, even though they grew from very different places. I wonder why that is? Perhaps it’s because stories float about from place to place like little seeds and then take root?

      I’ve been asked to write this book in an ‘out loud’ storytelling style. What that means is that I’ve written the words a bit more like you might say them than (usually) write them.

      Some of the words may have strange spellings (I bet you can spot them) or ‘slang’ words, because they are written to sound like a person telling them out loud. There are a few stories that have sound effects in them too. It can be great fun to read these stories aloud. Try them out on your friends!

      You can read the words, and you can also try to see if you can just remember the stories, and tell them your own way. You might find a new shoot of leaves popping out of your story tree! Perhaps these stories will inspire you to make your own!

      Is there an interesting place or an animal or tree in your area that you would like to make a story about? Is it connected to something from history, or just your imagination? Give it a try. You can write a story, tell a story, or both! Does it sound different when you say it out loud?

      Have fun discovering all the different shoots, branches, leaves, fruit, and maybe even a few magical birds’ nests that you discover while growing your own stories.

      I hope I get to hear one or two!

      1

      A´ine’s Spoon

      Supposing I was to ask you, right this second, to shout out the name of a river in Dublin. Let’s try it! Are you ready? Okay. One, two, three – GO!

      Great! So how many of you shouted out ‘The River Liffey’? Quite a lot of you, I’d imagine, as to loads of people the Liffey is the best-known river in Dublin.

      Did anyone say a different river? Good for you!

      Well, did you know that there are about 130 different rivers in Dublin City and County? I didn’t until I looked it up some years ago!

      In olden days, there were a couple of rivers that were very important for the city. People used them to transport themselves and to transport goods and animals. But did you know that in the past, some other rivers were just as important and well known as the Liffey? One of these rivers is called the Poddle.

      Now, not far away from the banks of the Poddle, there lived a girl called Áine Ryan.

      Áine lived in a house full of music. Her Da played the fiddle and her Ma played the guitar. They played lots of different types of music, but they particularly liked to play Trad (that’s short for traditional) Irish music.

      Sometimes they’d go and play music with other people in pubs, cafés and halls. When people got together, they called it a ‘session’. They’d go to places like The Brazen Head, or Hughes’ Pub on the Quays. Sometimes, if it was on a Sunday in the daytime, Áine would go with them to listen to the music. Her Da would get her a juice and some crisps and she’d be delighted with herself.

      She loved to listen to all the different instruments playing together. Sometimes someone would sing a song without any instruments, just their voice, and everyone would ‘shhhhh’ so they could be heard.

      Áine’s Auntie Mary lent her a bodhrán to practise on. A bodhrán is the name for an Irish drum that you play with a stick called a ‘beater’. Some people play it with their hand, or a wooden stick, and some even use the bone of an animal!

      Áine was over the moon and wanted to play the bodhrán right away at a session, but her Da said she had to practise at home for a while before she could play it ‘properly’. Her Da sometimes rolled his eyes at bodhrán players at sessions, and her Ma would elbow him and whisper, ‘Stop it, John,’ and throw him a smile.

      Áine’s Da thought people should learn to play the bodhrán well before playing in sessions, because it was a very loud instrument!

      Sometimes the musicians would visit Áine’s house to play. She loved that, as her Ma would bake buns for the visitors and Áine would be delighted with all the music in the house. She had a great life, and wouldn’t change a thing.

      Well, maybe one thing.

      The one ‘thing’ Áine would have

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