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Today Max will tell us the Irish story of The Dagda's magic harp, and Janey will explain to French folklorists why it's not funny to hit your wife! #UnconfessedAndUnblessed

Janey’s Sources - The Devil’s Three Golden Hairs

Free text of “The Devil’s Three Golden Hairs” by the Brothers Grimm

“French Folktales” by Henri Pourrat, from the Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library

Max’s Sources - The Harp of the Dagda

“The Dagda’s Harp”

“Dagda”

“The Dagda’s Harp”

“Tír Na nÓg - The legend of Oisín, Niamh and land of eternal youth”

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