Wow, getting old sucks. It's so sad to see someone have suicidal thoughts, but I guess maybe it's something you think about when your body starts to fail you.
"I'm an honest man" - in disguise, haha.
I really liked the dialect in this story. It made reading it fun!
As for a story idea, I could imagine some sort of man/woman who participates in their livelihood with some beloved pet of theirs, then something happens to the pet, and then a mysterious creature or person comes to offer a cure.
The Shee An Gannon and the Gruagach Gaire
Well, that must be some daughter of his if so many people are willing to risk their lives to be with her...
I'm really confused.. why did Gruagach let that happen to him and his sons? Why didn't he just leave with them after he was mistreated?
It also seemed pretty obvious what those loops were for... but he didn't realize it (or else I don't think he would have sacrificed his twelve sons).
I'm thinking Gruagach just isn't that capable of defending himself. He was easily caught and forced to speak by Gannon.
Yay, Gannon saved the day! I'm not sure why he had to kill the daughters though... that seemed a bit cruel (even if was "fair").
Wait, so the son of the king of Tsean lied to the King, and he believed it? Wouldn't the other 11 men who had tried to figure out why the Gruagach stopped laughing have at least tried to lie?
Crazy.
Beth Gellert
Awww, poor Gallert :(
I can't really say I blame the prince because the evidence was horrifying and seemingly everywhere, but he did act just a little too rashly.
The Tale of Ivan
He just left his wife for three years?
That was a nice story. Impressive how Ivan was able to follow all of the advice even in moments when it would have difficult to do so (social pressure!). He also did it without having to explain himself, so good on him.
It would be fun to craft a story like this one and come up with the three pieces of advice and also the events that force the character to follow the advice in a difficult time to do so.
Andrew Coffey
That story contrasted well with the Tale of Ivan because Andrew Coffey wasn't very good at following any of the directions given to him by Patrick Rooney.
Also, the ending wasn't expected! For some reason, I thought I couldn't be fooled by things that were just dreams because that trick has been done a lot, but this one took my by surprise.
Brewery of Eggshells
Aha, that was a weird one. Glad the mother got her children back though!
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Bibliography: Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs. Source.
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