In chimney corners : merry tales of Irish folk lore

Seumas Macmanus

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li iiif 'M In Chimney Comers Irish Folk-Tale^ S MACMAmJS CornersChimneyIn PSYCH. LIBRARY IN CHIMNEY CORNERS MERRY TALES OF IRISH FOLK LORE BY SEUMAS MacMANUS City NewYorkGarden DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 191 s G Copyright, 1899, by DOUBLEDAY& McClURE Copyright, 1908, by DouBLEDAY, Page& Company To Our Brave Boys and Girls who havefaredforthfrom their homes^ travelling away and away,farfurther than Icould tellyou, and twicefurther than you could me, into the StrangeLandBe-tell to push theiryond^ fortune, THISBOOK 3722o;"> FOLK-TALESOUR In those days Ireland had many Kings and populated by good people.Queens, and was sea; all around itIt was not bounded by the rare inter-strange country in which, atwas a many-windowed castles inhabitedvals, arose Prin-Queens, or beautifulby Giants, Kings, others are acknowl-cesses. On occasions, from Ireland foughtedged; as, when the boy his marriage with thethe dragon, or when mysterious pop-Princess was celebrated. The these times was notulation which turned up at on his long andwhilst he had fared forward a single habita-lonely journey, with, at most, progress. Whence,tion punctuating each day's it went,then, this population came, and whither ac-I know not; I never knew; for, no further is taken of it.count young men of Erin soughtSometimes the where were bothin their own land,adventure Our Folk-TalesX they went away intoin plenty. But oftener the Country Beyond.

Sujets

• Folklore
• Ireland

Informations

• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 4
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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FOLK-TALESOUR In those days Ireland had many Kings and populated by good people.Queens, and was sea; all around itIt was not bounded by the rare inter-strange country in which, atwas a many-windowed castles inhabitedvals, arose Prin-Queens, or beautifulby Giants, Kings, others are acknowl-cesses. On occasions, from Ireland foughtedged; as, when the boy his marriage with thethe dragon, or when mysterious pop-Princess was celebrated. The these times was notulation which turned up at on his long andwhilst he had fared forward a single habita-lonely journey, with, at most, progress. Whence,tion punctuating each day's it went,then, this population came, and whither ac-I know not; I never knew; for, no further is taken of it.count young men of Erin soughtSometimes the where were bothin their own land,adventure Our Folk-TalesX they went away intoin plenty. But oftener the Country Beyond." />

li
iiif
'M
In
Chimney
Comers
Irish Folk-Tale^
S MACMAmJSCornersChimneyInPSYCH.
LIBRARY
IN CHIMNEY CORNERS
MERRY TALES OF
IRISH FOLK LORE
BY
SEUMAS MacMANUS
City NewYorkGarden
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
191 sG
Copyright, 1899, by
DOUBLEDAY& McClURE
Copyright, 1908, by
DouBLEDAY, Page& Company