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The myth tales included in this volume were collected personally by
the author, during 1887, in the west of Ireland,--in Kerry, Galway,
and Donegal,--and taken down from the mouths of men who, with one or
two exceptions, spoke only Gaelic, or but little English and that
imperfectly. To this is due the fact that the stories are so well
preserved, and not blurred and rendered indistinct, as is the case in
places where the ancient Gaelic language, in which they were
originally told, has perished.