Manx Fairy Tales: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Manx Fairy Tales, credited to Sophia Morrison, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Manx Fairy Tales by Sophia Morrison. Read in English by Joelee Pasztor; Foon; Sonia; Mayah; John; Franziska Paul; Gillian Hendrie; Linda Olsen Fitak; takikoazn; Robert Robinson; Alex Finch; Naduplants; SpiderScientist; Pinchcliff; Larry Wilson; Kurt; Darko A collection of fairy tales regarding myths and legends of the Isle of Man. Sophia was considered one of the key figures of the Manx cultural revival. - Summary by afutterer

Recording facts

• Recording title: Manx Fairy Tales
• Author credits: Sophia Morrison
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 43
• Listed recording duration: 3:20:24

Catalogue topics

• fairy tales
• myths
• Scottish
• Ireland
• manx
• isle of man
• gaelic

Opening tracks: first 24 of 43

1. 00 - Preface — 3:18
2. 01 - Themselves — 2:06
3. 02 - The Buggane of Glen Meay Waterfall — 6:14
4. 03 - How the Manx Cat lost her Tail — 2:01
5. 04 - The Making of Mann — 5:45
6. 05 - The Coming of Saint Patrick — 6:52
7. 06 - How the Herring became King of the Sea — 3:10
8. 07 - The Silver Cup — 7:48
9. 08 - The Child without a Name — 4:26
10. 09 - The Fairy Doctor — 4:25
11. 10 - Joe Moore's Story of Finn MacCooilley and the Buggane — 5:20
12. 11 - The Fynoderee — 0:57
13. 12 - The Fynoderee of Gordon — 5:40
14. 13 - The Lhondoo and the Ushag-reaisht — 1:49
15. 14 - Billy Beg, Tom Beg, and the Fairies — 6:26
16. 15 - The Lazy Wife — 9:56
17. 16 - The Mermaid of Gob-ny-Ooyl — 4:17
18. 17 - The Lost Wife of Ballaleece — 2:48
19. 18 - Smereree — 4:07
20. 19 - Kebeg — 2:20
21. 20 - The Fairy Child of Close-ny-Lheiy — 8:49
22. 21 - The Little Footprints — 4:47
23. 22 - The Tall Man of Ballacurry — 2:55
24. 23 - Ned Quayle's Story of the Fairy Pig — 4:08

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