EPISODE · Dec 23, 2014 · 1H 16M
A Crock of Old Cobblers ~ A Holiday Special
from Podcast Episodes – Story Archaeology · host Chris Thompson and Isolde Carmody
Fergus mac Léite gets to encounter the underwater world of the Lupracán, a story which in the late middle / early modern Irish version, almost certainly, inspired Swift's wonderful satire, 'Gulliver's Travels'. The Story Archaeologists, ear herbs at the ready, dive right into the tale, but wonder how these small, but proud and fiercely independent, beings have devolved, over the centuries into the scary Leprechaun travesties .that are dragged out every Paddy's day? The Saga of Fergus mac Léite The king of the Lupracán’s journey to Emain, and how the death of Fergus mac Léite, king of Ulster was brought about.
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Fergus mac Léite gets to encounter the underwater world of the Lupracán, a story which in the late middle / early modern Irish version, almost certainly, inspired Swift's wonderful satire, 'Gulliver's Travels'. The Story Archaeologists, ear herbs at the ready, dive right into the tale, but wonder how these small, but proud and fiercely independent, beings have devolved, over the centuries into the scary Leprechaun travesties .that are dragged out every Paddy's day? The Saga of Fergus mac Léite The king of the Lupracán’s journey to Emain, and how the death of Fergus mac Léite, king of Ulster was brought about.
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