. Legends and stories of Ireland . own the big rocks before it all asone as ehildher playin marbles)—and on with herthin right over the lead mines o Luganure, (that is,where the lead mines is now, but was not thin, byraison they wornt discovered, hut was all goold inSaint Kavins time.) Well, over the ind o Luga-nure, she flew, stout and study, and round the otherind av the little lake, by the churches, (that is, avcoarse, where the churches is now, but was not thin,by raison they wor not built, but aftherwards by SaintKavin,) and over the big hill here over your head,where you see the big clif
. Legends and stories of Ireland . own the big rocks before it all asone as ehildher playin marbles)—and on with herthin right over the lead mines o Luganure, (that is,where the lead mines is now, but was not thin, byraison they wornt discovered, hut was all goold inSaint Kavins time.) Well, over the ind o Luga-nure, she flew, stout and study, and round the otherind av the little lake, by the churches, (that is, avcoarse, where the churches is now, but was not thin,by raison they wor not built, but aftherwards by SaintKavin,) and over the big hill here over your head,where you see the big clift—(and that clift in themountain was made by Fan Ma Cool, where he cutit acrass with a big swoord, that he got made a pur-pose by a blacksmith out o Rathdrum, a cousin avhis own, for to fight a joyant (giant) that darrd him,an the Curragh o Kildare ; and he thried the swoordfirst an the mountain, and cut it down into a gap, asis plain to this day; and faith, sure enough, its thesame sauce he sarvd the joyant, soon and AND SAINT KEVIN. 11 and chopped him in two, like a pratee, for the gloryof his sowl and owld Ireland)—well—down sheflew over the clift, and fluttherin over the wood there,at Poulanass, (where I showed you the purty wa-therfall—and by the same token, last Thursday wasa twelvemonth sence, a young lady, Miss RafFerty byname, fell into the same watherfall, and was nighhand drownded, and indeed would be to this day, butfor a young man that jumped in afther her—indeed asmart slip iv a young man he was; he was out oFrancis-street, I hear, and coorted her sence, andthey wor married, Im given to undherstand, and in-deed a purty couple they wor.) Well—as I said—afther fluttherin over the wood a little bit, to pkixeherself, the goose flewn down., and lit at the fut o theking, as fresh as a daisy, afther flyin roun his domi-nions, just as if she hadnt flew three perch. ^ Well, my dear, it was a beautiful sight to seethe king standin with his mouth op
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