While the Disney movie adaptation is better known, the original Darby O'Gill stories have delighted readers for almost a century. Darby and other townsfolk encounter fairies, ghosts, the devil, a banshee, and other creatures from Irish mythology. Poor Darby never gets his crock of gold, but this volume is a treasure trove of humor and adventure. Stories were originally published in two volumes, Darby O'Gill and the Good People and The Ashes of Old Wishes.