Two pieces from W. B. Yeats's Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry (1888), read in the order Yeats printed them, from the section "Witches, Fairy Doctors". First, "The Confessions of Tom Bourke" (Part Two) by T. Crofton Croker: Tom Bourke of Kilworth finishes his confessions — his father's ghost standing smiling at the bedside in the cow-house on the night his little son was cured, the goat that dropped dead at sunrise and the two pigeons, how Patrick got his dancing gift among the good people on the inch at Ballyhefaan ford, and what befell Davy Roche when he danced in Kilcrumper churchyard and kissed his partner. Then "The Pudding Bewitched" (Part One) by William Carleton: Moll Roe Rafferty is to marry Gusty Gillespie, and her uncle Harry Connolly, the fairy-man, bursts in on the wedding morning to swear that the very sun is sick at the match — and that the day will be merrier than anyone thinks.
Disclosure: this performance is narrated by AI-generated voices.
A note on the parts. "The Confessions of Tom Bourke" is a long piece and is read in two parts: Part Twelve ended in the cow-house, in the middle of the night of the cure, and this part opens at the bedside. "The Pudding Bewitched" is likewise read in two parts; it continues in Part Fourteen, when the pudding itself takes to the road.
Chapters:
00:35 Introduction
01:29 The Confessions of Tom Bourke — Part Two
19:10 The Pudding Bewitched — Part One
From Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry, edited by W. B. Yeats (1888), public domain; told in a fresh in-house rendering. Narrated by Orson.
Music: "Aqua Elegie" (instrumental) — opening and closing theme, with a short excerpt between stories.
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