"Holland-tide": Or, Munster Popular TalesW. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 1827 - 378 páginas |
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Página 40
... horse on the pzaties ; I'll go and see what is it keeps the boys , and do you get up one o ' your old ancient fables , and keep this man by the fire till we come back . We'll talk o ' what's to be done abroad . " No sooner had the ...
... horse on the pzaties ; I'll go and see what is it keeps the boys , and do you get up one o ' your old ancient fables , and keep this man by the fire till we come back . We'll talk o ' what's to be done abroad . " No sooner had the ...
Página 54
... horses , usually occupied as much time each day as a carpenter might have lost in screwing on a fresh pair of hinges . On the summit of one of those piers , a noseless Banthee , or Banathee , done in lime- stone , the work of some ...
... horses , usually occupied as much time each day as a carpenter might have lost in screwing on a fresh pair of hinges . On the summit of one of those piers , a noseless Banthee , or Banathee , done in lime- stone , the work of some ...
Página 98
... horse - collar -and many other sports which it would require the pen of the author of the Æneid to celebrate with poetical justice . Suddenly a voice close at his elbow startled him ; he turned quickly round , and gazed on the speaker ...
... horse - collar -and many other sports which it would require the pen of the author of the Æneid to celebrate with poetical justice . Suddenly a voice close at his elbow startled him ; he turned quickly round , and gazed on the speaker ...
Página 104
... the appearance of a muff and bonnet at a little distance directed his meditations into another channel . He dis- mounted , gave his horse to Sandy , who looked a volume of wit and prophecy , as he saw 104 THE AYLMERS OF BALLY - AYLMER .
... the appearance of a muff and bonnet at a little distance directed his meditations into another channel . He dis- mounted , gave his horse to Sandy , who looked a volume of wit and prophecy , as he saw 104 THE AYLMERS OF BALLY - AYLMER .
Página 106
... horse , whose eyes happened to be turned in the same direction , and patting the animal on the face , " indeed it's no use for you to be throwing the eye after them . " Tis to Bally - Aylmer she'll be going before long , mis- tress of ...
... horse , whose eyes happened to be turned in the same direction , and patting the animal on the face , " indeed it's no use for you to be throwing the eye after them . " Tis to Bally - Aylmer she'll be going before long , mis- tress of ...
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Abbeydorney agen appearance Bally-Aylmer began beheld Brian Brian Kennedy brogues brow Brown Cahill cats cliffs countenance Darby dark daugh daughter door E'then Ellen Sparling exclaimed eyes face father fear feeling fell felt fire Fitzmaurice flung fore Foynes frieze girl glance going grey half hand Hasset head heard heart horror horse hurried instant instantly Ireland Irish Jack Jack-Edy Jerry Graham Kate Katharine Kilkee legs light Limerick lips looked MARTIN'S DAY master ment merry Milesian mind Moran morning mother Munster murder neighbour neral ness never night Norry occasion oman ould Owney Owney-na-Peak passed person pieces pzatie racter rock round scene seemed Shanagolden side silence sound spirit startled stood tell there's thing thought tion took turned twas uncon utter village voice walk white-eyes woman Yamon young
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Página 378 - And hang their heads with sorrow. Good grows with her; In her days every man shall eat in safety Under his own vine what he plants, and sing The merry songs of peace to all his neighbours.
Página 242 - THE priest stood at the marriage board — The marriage cake was made, With meat the marriage chest was stored, Decked was the marriage bed. The old man sat beside the fire, The mother sat by him, The white bride was in gay attire, But her dark eye was dim. Ululah! Ululah! The night falls quick, the sun is set, Her love is on the water yet.
Página 8 - Oh, my little nothing, my pretty little nothing, What will nothing buy for my wife ? I have nothing, I spend nothing, I love nothing better than my wife.
Página 295 - He ate all, and left none behind, But some stones, dear Jack, which he could not crack, Which on the hills you will find.
Página 170 - With many a merry strain. Young boys and girls run laughing by, Their hearts and eyes elate ; I can but think on mine, and sigh, For I am desolate. There's none to watch in our old cot, Beside the holy light, No tongue to bless the silent spot Against the parting night.
Página 5 - ... destined for his use, or for that of a foreign mechanic — he never stops to anticipate in fancy, while he puts the spade for the first time into his own little half acre, and discloses the fair produce of his labour, how many calls from tithe-proctor, assessed tax-gatherer, landlord, priest & c.
Página 335 - I cannot tell how the truth may be : I say the tale as 'twas said to me.
Página 309 - Else why do men say to a creature of my shape, So soon as they see him, it's a pretty little ape?
Página 313 - Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves, And ye that on the sands with printless foot Do chase the ebbing Neptune and do fly him When he comes back ; you demi-puppets that By moonshine do the green sour ringlets make, Whereof the ewe not bites...
Página 170 - It is a kind of impiety to snuff, touch, or use it for any profane purpose after. t It is the custom, in Irish Catholic families, to sit up till midnight on Christmas-eve, in order to join in devotion at that hour. Few ceremonies of the religion have a more splendid and imposing effect than the morning mass, which, in cities, is celebrated soou »ii« the hour alluded to, and long before day-break.