. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. ruids gathered af-ter the defeat of theSaxons by the Roman!and thither the RomaJfollowed them, and fellupon the long-beardclpriests and the wildt orch-beari ng priesjesses, and put them tothe sword. The islanjjol Mona may be railedthe I )ruids .sepulchre The afternoon wasrainy, and the hoysthough impatient, wereconfined to the hotel. In the evening Master Lewis said, — ()ne of the mmquaint and curious oold English ballads iassociated with Carlisle!and is founded upon a funny story which illustrates the rude simplicityof the earl
. Zigzag journeys in Europe : vacation rambles in historic lands. ruids gathered af-ter the defeat of theSaxons by the Roman!and thither the RomaJfollowed them, and fellupon the long-beardclpriests and the wildt orch-beari ng priesjesses, and put them tothe sword. The islanjjol Mona may be railedthe I )ruids .sepulchre The afternoon wasrainy, and the hoysthough impatient, wereconfined to the hotel. In the evening Master Lewis said, — ()ne of the mmquaint and curious oold English ballads iassociated with Carlisle!and is founded upon a funny story which illustrates the rude simplicityof the early English court. The ballad may be found in the PercCollections, which you may sonic day examine in the BofP ibli( Library, or indeed in any great library at home or in 1 milland. It is entitled The Jolly Harper Man. I will relate it to yoin the rather decorated style that I once heard it told to a companof pie at a Christmas gathering in one of the London chaij ity I hope it will interest you as much now as it did the bo)| and c;irls who listened to it
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