Title Page : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], LEGENDS AND STORIES OF IRELAND BY SAMUEL LOVER Baldwin And Cradock, London [1831, 1834] Scanned And Proofed By Phillip Brown. Additional Formatting And Proofreading By John B. Hare. This Text Is In The Public Domain In The US...
The Curse Of Kishogue : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], THE CURSE OF KISHOGUE I Do not mean to say that cursing is either moral or polite, but I certainly "do "think that if a man curse at all, he has a right to curse after what fashion he chooses. Now, I am not going to curse, n...
New Potatoes : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], NEW POTATOES In the merry month of June, or thereabouts, the aforesaid melody may be heard, in all the wailing intonation of its "minor third", through every street of Dublin. We Irish are conversational, the lower orders...
The Battle Of The Berrins. Or, The Double Funeral : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], THE BATTLE OF THE BERRINS; Or, THE DOUBLE FUNERAL I was sitting alone in the desolate churchyard of--, intent upon my "silent art," lifting up my eyes from my portfolio only to direct them to the interesting ruin I was sketching...
The Legend Of The Little Weaver Of Duleek Gate : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], THE LEGEND OF THE LITTLE WEAVER OF DULEEK GATE A TALE OF CHIVALRY You see, there was a waiver lived, wanst upon a time, in Duleek here, hard by the gate, and a very honest, industherous man he was, by all accounts. He had a wife...
The White Horse Of The Peppers : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], THE WHITE HORSE OF THE PEPPERS A LEGEND OF THE BOYNE IT was the night of the 2nd of July, in the year 1690, that a small remnant of a discomfited army was forming its position, in no very good order, on the slope of a wild hill...
Paddy The Piper : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], PADDY THE PIPER THE only introduction I shall attempt to the following "extravaganza is to request the reader to suppose it to be delivered by a frolicking Irish peasant In the richest brogue and most dramatic manner. "I'll tell...
Preface : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], PREFACE THOUGH the sources whence these Stories are derived are open to every one, yet chance or choice may prevent thousands from making such sources available; and though the village crone and mountain guide have many hearers...
King O'toole And St Kevin : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], KING O'TOOLE AND ST. KEVIN A LEGEND OF GLENDALOUGH WHO has not read of St. Kevin, celebrated as he has been by Moore in the melodies of his native land, with whose wild and impassioned music he has so intimately entwined his name...
The Catastrophe : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], THE CATASTROPHE JOHN DAW, of the county , gent., who, from his propensity to look down his neighbours' chimneys, was familiary called Mr. Jaokdaw, was a man who (to adopt a figure of speech which he often used himself), could see...
The Priest's Ghost : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], THE PRIEST'S GHOST "A SAD tale's best for winter," saith the epigraph; and it was by the winter's hearth that I heard the following "ghost-story, "rendered interesting from the air of reverential belief with which It was delivered...
The White Trout : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], A WHITE TROUT A LEGEND OF CONG THE next morning I proceeded alone to the cave, to witness the natural curiosity of its subterranean river, my interest in the visit being somewhat increased by the foregoing tale. Leaving my home...
The Gridiron. Or Paddy Mullowney's Travels : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], THE GRIDIRON Or PADDY MULLOWNEY'S TRAVELS IN FRANCE MATHEWS, in his "Trip to America," gives a ludicrous representation of an Irishman who has left his own country on the old-fashioned speculation of "seeking his fortune," and who...
The King And The Bishop : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], THE KING AND THE BISHOP A LEGEND OF CLONMACNOISE THERE are few things more pleasant to those who are doomed to pass the greater part of their lives in the dust and din and, smoke of a city than to get on the top of a stage-coach...
The Priest's Story : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], THE PRIEST'S STORY I HAVE already made known unto you that a younger brother and myself were left to the care of my mother--best and dearest of mothers!, said the holy man, sighing deeply, and clasping his hands fervently, while...
Glossary : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], GLOSSARY ALPEEN--A cudgel. BAD SCRAN--Bad food. BAD WIN, BAD CESS--Malediction. Cess is an abbreviation of success. BAITHERSHIN--It may be so. BALLYRAG--To scold. CAUREEN--An old bat. Strictly, a "little "old hat. "Een, "in Irish...
Conclusion Of The White Horse Of The Peppers : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], CONCLUSION OF THE WHITE HORSE OF THE PEPPERS Let the division I have made in my tales serve, In the mind of the reader, as an imaginary boundary between the past day and the ensuing morning. Let him, in his own fancy also, settle...
The Fairy Finder : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], THE FAIRY FINDER "FINDING a fortune" is a phrase often heard amongst the peasantry of Ireland. If any man from small beginnings arrives at wealth, in a reasonable course, of time, the fact is scarcely ever considered as the result...
Father Roach : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], FATHER ROACH I FOUND the company of Father Roach so pleasant that I accepted an invitation which he gave me when we arrived at the termination of our walk to breakfast the next morning at the little hut, as he called...
Lough Corrib : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], LOUGH CORRIB IT chanced, amongst some of the pleasantest adventures of a tour through the West of Ireland, in 1825, that the house of Mr. of received me as a guest. The owner of the mansion upheld the proverbial reputation of his...
The Devil's Mill : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], THE DEVIL'S MILL Beside the River Liffey stands the picturesque ruins of a mill, overshadowed by some noble trees, that grow in great luxuriance at the water's edge. Here, one day, I was accosted by a silver-haired old man th...
Jimmy The Fool : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], JIMMY THE FOOL As some allusion has been made in the early part of the foregoing story to a fool, this, perhaps, is the fittest place to say something of fools in general. Be it understood, I only mean fools by profession;...
Paddy The Sport : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], PADDY THE SPORT DURING a sojourn of some days in the county of--, visiting a friend, who was anxious to afford as much amusement to his guests as country sports could furnish, "the dog and gun" were, of course, put...
A Legend Of Lough Mask : * "Legends and Stories of Ireland", by Samuel Lover, [1831, 1834], A LEGEND OF LOUGH MASK THE evening was closing fast as the young Cormac O'FIaherty had reached the highest acclivity of one of the rugged passes of the steep mountains of Joyce's country. He made a brief pause--not to take breath...
