Irish and Celtic Tales and Poems Read as Soothing Bedtime Story (Premium)
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Guided Sleep Meditation & Sleep Hypnosis from Sleep Cove
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and welcome to a Sleep Cove, supporters episode, for my premium listeners. Tonight, I'm reading out some Irish stories, called the Children of Lear, and the Cattle Raid of Cooley. I really enjoyed, reading these from my 120-year-old book I got from my private member's library. Check out my social media channels like Instagram, Facebook and TikTok to see it. To become a premium member, please go to sleepcove.com slash support, where you can sign up you'll get access to all our podcasts, as well as every episode ad-free and over 100 premium episodes. It also helps keep the show going and supports us. That's sleepcove.com slash support. Here's a few minutes from the episode as a short preview for you.
Thank you. The Children of Lear Leah, a powerful Irish chieftain, had married the eldest of three beautiful maidens, and in course of time, they had four fair children, a daughter and three sons. Sad to say, the mother died when they were all very young, and Leah married again. His new wife, who was named Eva, was also very beautiful, but though no one knew it, she was a very wicked sorceress. She could not bear to see her husband go and play with the children, and at last, she determined to do away with them altogether. So one day, she enticed them to a lonely spot among the mountains, near a smooth lake. and leaving them to play together, she tried to bribe her servants to put them to death, but they would not, and so she returned to them, determined to do the deed herself.
Now when she reached the spot, and saw how fair they looked, as they ran races around the valley, her heart failed her, and she could not do this wicked thing. She was determined that they should not return to their father Lear, so she called to her an ancient druid who lived in a cave near that spot, and persuaded them to use his enchantment to obtain her wish. When the druid had advised her what to do, she called the little ones to her, and said to them, Children dear, how warm you are with your running. Come and let me bathe you in lake daybreak, where you may be cool and refreshed. The children were delighted to do so, and were soon splashing about in the clear water. But no sooner had the water covered them, than by the magic spells of Eva and the druid, they were all four changed into swans.
Birds, shall ye be? chanted the druid from the bank as the change took place. Until long ages hence, you hear the voice of a Christian bell.
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