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Alfred Nutt asked began black horse brother castle Celtic child children of Lir cock coming Cormac cows cried currach daughter Dearg the king door drink Dyfed Elidore Erin fairy Fairy Tales Farmer father feast filly Fingula folk-tale foot gave give golden bird Gwawl hand head heard herbs and healing Heveyth hump Ireland JOSEPH JACOBS Kayn Mac Loy killed King of Munster King's lady land little bonnach lord Luan Lusmore MacConglinney marry McAndrew morning Morraha mother never night O'Cronicert Oifa old hag Owen palace Powel Pryderi put a salve Red Shield Rhiannon rider RIDERE OF RIDDLES salve of herbs seven short spear sister sleep Smallhead story swans Sword of Light tale Teirnyon tell thee thou thought to-night told took Tuatha de Danann unto White Field wife wolf woman young
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Page 234 - THREE wise men of Gotham Went to sea in a bowl; If the bowl had been stronger, My song had been longer.
Page 45 - It were more proper," said Pwyll, "that the boy should take his name from the word his mother spoke when she received the joyful tidings of him." And thus was it arranged. " Teirnyon," said Pwyll, " Heaven reward thee that thou hast reared the boy up to this time, and, being of gentle lineage, it were fitting that he repay thee for it." " My lord," said Teirnyon, " it was my wife who nursed him, and there is no one in the world so afflicted as she at parting with him. It were well that he should...
Page 42 - My lord," said his wife unto Teirnyon, " where is the colt which thou didst save on the night that thou didst find the boy ?" "I have commanded the grooms of the horses," said he, " that they take care of him." " Would it not be well, lord," said she, " if thou wert to cause him to be broken in, and given to the boy, seeing that on the same night that thou didst find the boy, the colt was foaled and thou didst save him ? " "I will not oppose thee in this matter," said Teirnyon. " I will allow thee...
Page 160 - Knockgrafton, with the cows and sheep grazing peacefully round about him. The first thing Lusmore did, after saying his prayers, was to put his hand behind to feel for his hump, but no sign of one was there on his back, and he looked at himself with great pride, for he had now become a well-shaped dapper little fellow, and more than that, found himself in a full suit of new clothes, which he concluded the fairies had made for him. Towards Cappagh he went, stepping out as lightly, and springing up...
Page 161 - Waterford, she told her everything that Lusmore had said, and they put the little hump-backed man, who was a peevish and cunning creature from his birth, upon a car, and took him all the way across the country. It was a long journey, but they did not care for that, so the hump was taken from off him ; and they brought him, just at nightfall, and left him under the old moat of Knockgrafton. Jack Madden, for that was the humpy man's name, had not been sitting there long when he heard the tune going...
Page 27 - ... followed as fast as he could, being on foot, and the greater was his speed, the further was she from him. And when he saw that it profited him nothing to follow her, he returned to Pwyll, and said unto him, "Lord, it is idle for any one in the world to follow her on foot." "Verily," said Pwyll, "go unto the palace, and take the fleetest horse that thou seest, and go after her.
Page 26 - Go one of you and meet her, that we may know who she is." And one of them arose, and as he came upon the road to meet her. she passed by, and he followed as fast as he could, being on foot...
Page 159 - When these words were said, poor little Lusmore felt himself so light and so happy that he thought he could have bounded at one jump over the moon, like the cow in the history of the cat and the fiddle ; and he saw, with inexpressible pleasure, his hump tumble down upon the ground from his shoulders.
Page 38 - Thus shall it be gladly," said Pwyll, " both to-day and every day while the feast shall last." So Pwyll arose, and he caused silence to be proclaimed, and desired all the suitors and the minstrels to show and to point out what gifts were to their wish and desire.