Brehon Academy's video: The Stolen Child by W B Yeats

** Check Out My Online Courses and SAVE 50% * Brehon Laws of Early Ireland: http://bit.ly/BL-YT50 7+ Hours, 50+ Lessons * Ancient Irish Culture and Society: http://bit.ly/AI-YT-50 4+ Hours, 40 Lessons * Irish Mythology: http://bit.ly/IM-YT-50 5+ Hours, 50+ Lessons An old Irish fairy belief held that a family member could be snatched away by the fairies and carried off to the other-world. Sometimes the fairies replaced them with one of their own, an imposter, known in Irish folklore as the 'changeling'. This poem was written by William Butler Yeats in 1889 as part of a collection called The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems. The poem is sung from the fairies perspective. Online course : https://www.udemy.com/ancient-ireland-culture-and-society/learn/v4/?couponCode=YT20 http://www.brehonlawacademy.ie http://www.facebook.com/brehonlawacademy Twitter: @BrehonAcademy If you liked this video please share it to your networks for others to watch.