Wonder-Smith and His Son: A Tale from the Golden Childhood of the World
Ella Young
Play
Length 1 h 39 min
Chapters 13
First published 1927
This 1928 Newbery Honor book is a collection of fourteen Irish folktales about the Gubbaun Saor, a mythologized historical architect and smith who lived in the 6th century, A.D. He was a builder in both wood and stone, and many churches, oratories, and bell towers were attributed to him. - Summary by Lynette Caulkins
Chapters
1
Greeting, Foreward, Acknowledgements Read by Lynette Caulkins 5:56
2
How the Gubbaun Proved Himself Read by ShrimpPhish 7:18
3
How the Gubbaun Saor Got His Son Read by TracyAnn 3:27
4
How the Gubbaun Tried His Hand at Match-Making Read by ShrimpPhish 3:51
5
How the Son of the Gubbaun Met with Good Luck Read by CaretakerSaxon 5:58
6
How the Gubbaun Saor Welcomed Home His Daughter Read by Lynette Caulkins 7:35
7
How the Gubbaun Quarreled with Aunya and What Came of It Read by CaretakerSaxon 4:36
8
How the Son of the Gubbaun Saor Talked with Lords from a Strange Country Read by Lynette Caulkins 10:50
9
The Building of Balor's Dune Read by TracyAnn 8:49
10
How the Djinn Out of Balor's Country Brought a Message to Aunya Read by TracyAnn 7:23
11
The Embassy of Balor's Son Read by TracyAnn 7:21
12
The Gubbaun Saor's Feast Read by TracyAnn 8:52
13
How the Gubbaun Saor Went Into the Country of the Ever-Young, and The Great Piast Read by Lynette Caulkins 12:09
From LibriVox, read by volunteers and in the public domain. LibriVox page (opens librivox.org) , the text (opens babel.hathitrust.org) , all files on the Internet Archive (opens archive.org) .
