Traits and stories of the Irish peasantry . il^T\et.)^^ Vv THIRD EDITION, CORRECTED. DUBLIN:WILLIAM FREDERICK WAKEMAN, 9, DOLIER-STREET; SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL, AND RICH. GROOMBRIDGE, LONDON. V MDCCQXX^IV, DUBLIN: PRINTED BY P. DIXON IIARDT, CECILIA-STREET. V. \ CONTENTS OF VOL. I. PagePreface. Ned MKeovvn— 1 The Three Tasks, or the Little House underTHE Hill—a Legend 49 Shane Fadhs Wedding 113 Larry MFarlands Wake 193 The Battle of the Factions , 267 S-]^3. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EBITION. In presenting the following Traits and Storiesto the Public, the Author can with confidence
Traits and stories of the Irish peasantry . il^T\et.)^^ Vv THIRD EDITION, CORRECTED. DUBLIN:WILLIAM FREDERICK WAKEMAN, 9, DOLIER-STREET; SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL, AND RICH. GROOMBRIDGE, LONDON. V MDCCQXX^IV, DUBLIN: PRINTED BY P. DIXON IIARDT, CECILIA-STREET. V. \ CONTENTS OF VOL. I. PagePreface. Ned MKeovvn— 1 The Three Tasks, or the Little House underTHE Hill—a Legend 49 Shane Fadhs Wedding 113 Larry MFarlands Wake 193 The Battle of the Factions , 267 S-]^3. PREFACE TO THE FIRST EBITION. In presenting the following Traits and Storiesto the Public, the Author can with confidence as-sure them, that what he offers is, both in manu-facture and material, genuine Irish ; yes, genuineIrish as to character—drawn by one born amidstthe scenes he describes—reared as one of the peo-ple whose characters and situations he sketches—and who can cut and dress a shillaly as well asany man in his Majestys dominions; ay, and useit too: so let the critics take care of with the pastimes, festivals, feasts, andfeuds he details—he may well say of what he hasdescribed— quorum pars magna fui.* Moreover,the Author assumes, that in the ground he hastaken, he stands in a great measure without a com-petitor ; particularly as to certain sketches, pecu- VI PREFACE. liar, in the habits and manners delineated in them,to the Northern Irish. These last—the UlsterCreachts—as they were formerly called—are ascharacteristically distinct fro
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