The Wonder-Smith and His Son: A Tale from the Golden Childhood of the World


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This 1928 Newbery Honor book is a collection of fourteen Irish folktales about the Gubbaun Saor, a mythologized historical architect and smith who lived in the 6th century, A.D. He was a builder in both wood and stone, and many churches, oratories, and bell towers were attributed to him. - Summary by Lynette Caulkins

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Greeting, Foreward, Acknowledgements 5:56 Lu par Lynette Caulkins
How the Gubbaun Saor Got His Trade 4:34 Lu par James R. Hedrick
How the Gubbaun Proved Himself 7:18 Lu par ShrimpPhish
How the Gubbaun Saor Got His Son 3:27 Lu par TracyAnn
How the Gubbaun Tried His Hand at Match-Making 3:51 Lu par ShrimpPhish
How the Son of the Gubbaun Met with Good Luck 5:58 Lu par CaretakerSaxon
How the Gubbaun Saor Welcomed Home His Daughter 7:35 Lu par Lynette Caulkins
How the Gubbaun Quarreled with Aunya and What Came of It 4:36 Lu par CaretakerSaxon
How the Son of the Gubbaun Saor Talked with Lords from a Strange Country 10:50 Lu par Lynette Caulkins
The Building of Balor's Dune 8:49 Lu par TracyAnn
How the Djinn Out of Balor's Country Brought a Message to Aunya 7:23 Lu par TracyAnn
The Embassy of Balor's Son 7:21 Lu par TracyAnn
The Gubbaun Saor's Feast 8:52 Lu par TracyAnn
How the Gubbaun Saor Went Into the Country of the Ever-Young, and The Great Piast 12:09 Lu par Lynette Caulkins