Polish Fairy Tales-A. J. Glinski

From Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry · 2:02:39

Show by William Butler Yeats

Polish Fairy Tales by A. J. Glinski.These are selections from a large collection made by A. J. Glinski, printed at Wilna in 1862. These fairy tales come from a far past and may even date from primitive times. They represent the folklore current among the peasantry of the Eastern provinces of Poland, and also in those provinces usually known as White Russia. They were set down by Glinski just as they were related to him by the peasants. In the translation it was of course necessary to shorten them considerably; the continual repetition—however quaint and fascinating in the original—cannot easily be reproduced. Portions, too, are often told in rhyme, or in a species of rhyming prose that we associate with the ancient ballad. The stories are longer than usual but very rewarding and fun to listen to.Featured on Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

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