Book of Elves and Fairies for Story-Telling and Reading Aloud
Frances Jenkins Olcott
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Length 9 h 49 min
Chapters 77
Lots of stories and poems about elves, faeries and other wonderful wee folk. All read for you by LibriVox people who love them so what more could you ask for? If you want a break from the harsh 'real' world, come relax for awhile in fairyland where troubles are solved by magic and perhaps a kiss or two. (phil c)
Chapters
1
Dedication and Foreword Read by Beth Thomas (1974-2020) 6:21
2
Around! Around! in Fairy Rings Read by Foon 0:59
3
Adventures of Robin Goodfellow, Old English Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 10:49
4
The Potato Supper, Irish Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 8:20
5
The Milk-White Calf and the Fairy Ring, Irish Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 10:12
6
The Wood-Lady, Bohemian Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 9:41
7
The Dance of the Fairies Read by TracyB 1:40
8
“’Tis the Midnight Hour” Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 1:06
9
Monday! Tuesday! Irish Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 7:03
10
The Greedy Old Man, Cornish Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 7:59
11
Legend of Bottle Hill, Irish Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 14:59
12
The Brown Dwarf Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 8:25
13
“And will you come away, my Lad?” Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 1:23
14
The Boy who found the Pots of Gold, Irish Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 4:52
15
The Ragweed, Irish Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 7:04
16
The Bad Boy and the Leprechaun, Irish Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 4:55
17
Tom and the Knockers, Cornish Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 6:06
18
The Knockers’ Diamonds, Cornish Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 3:34
19
Skillywidden, Cornish Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 7:25
20
The Leprechaun, or Fairy Shoemaker Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 4:45
21
Glad Little, Sad Little, Bad Little Elves Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 1:15
22
Little Redcap, Irish Read by Caroline Lilyard 8:16
23
The Curmudgeon’s Skin, Irish Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 9:54
24
Judy and the Fairy Cat, Irish Read by Caroline Lilyard 3:13
25
The Boggart, English Read by Caroline Lilyard 2:53
26
Ownself, English Read by Caroline Lilyard 3:34
27
The Sick-Bed Elves, Chinese Read by Caroline Lilyard 3:31
28
How Peeping Kate was Piskey-Led, Cornish Read by AnnaLisa Bodtker 16:53
29
One-Eyed Prying Joan’s Tale, Cornish Read by Foon 9:59
30
The Fairy Folk Read by AnnaLisa Bodtker 3:02
31
“Their Dwellings be,” Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 1:46
32
The Fairy’s Servants, Basque Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 6:56
33
The Pixies, English Read by Kirsten Bradby 5:51
34
The Brownie of Blednoch, Scottish Read by Devorah Allen 3:43
35
Elsa and the Ten Elves, Swedish Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 7:02
36
Piskey Fine! and Piskey Gay! Cornish Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 3:46
37
The Fairy Wedding, Swedish Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 5:57
38
The Tomts, Swedish Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 3:00
39
Song of the Elfin Miller Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 3:28
40
“Over Hill, over Dale,” Shakespeare Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 1:39
41
Kintaro the Golden Boy, Japanese Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 9:09
42
The Flower Fairies, Chinese Read by Foon 4:04
43
The Fairy Island, Cornish Read by Väinö Kervesti 2:33
44
The Four-Leaved Clover, Cornish Read by Foon 3:34
45
The Gillie Dhu, Scottish Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 4:01
46
How Kahukura learned to make Nets, New Zealand Read by Foon 3:47
47
Echo, the Cave Fairy, From the Island of Mangaia Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 4:19
48
The Isles of the Sea Fairies Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 5:58
49
“But we that live in Fairyland,” Old Ballad Read by AnnaLisa Bodtker 1:39
50
The Magic Ferns, Cornish Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 7:27
51
The Smith and the Fairies, Scottish Read by Devorah Allen 5:17
52
The Coal-Black Steed, English Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 5:44
53
The Girl who was stolen by the Fairies, Irish Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 3:20
54
The Girl who danced with the Fairies, Irish Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 4:12
55
Elidore and the Golden Ball, Welsh Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 6:05
56
At the Court of Fairyland Read by Diana Schmidt 9:45
57
Fairy Godmothers and Wonderful Gifts Read by TracyB 0:59
58
Cinderella Read by Caroline Lilyard 14:56
59
Sleeping Beauty in the Wood Read by Caroline Lilyard 11:54
60
Prince Chéri Read by Foon 18:39
61
Toads and Diamonds Read by Thomas Rose 6:07
62
Blanche and Rose Read by Foon 8:01
63
The Enchanted Watch Read by Foon 15:53
64
Queen Mab Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 1:56
65
“A Little Knight and Little Maid Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 1:19
66
Fairy Do-Nothing and Giant Snap-’Em-Up Read by Thomas Rose 14:11
67
Timothy Tuttle and the Little Imps Read by Kathleen Moore 20:27
68
Butterfly’s Diamond Read by Kathleen Moore 11:44
69
Little Niebla Read by marystufflebeam 8:25
70
Little Tiny Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 32:23
71
The Immortal Fountain Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 18:13
72
The Story of Childe Charity Read by Foon 17:02
73
The Shining Child and the Wicked Mouche Read by Thomas Rose 52:56
74
Mabel on Midsummer Day Read by Nemo 9:04
75
“Oh! where do Fairies hide their Heads? Read by Nemo 1:28
76
The Fairies’ Passage Read by Nemo 5:35
77
Old Winter’s Fairyland Read by Nemo 3:49
From LibriVox, read by volunteers and in the public domain. LibriVox page (opens librivox.org) , the text (opens gutenberg.org) , all files on the Internet Archive (opens archive.org) .
