Traces of the Elder Faiths of Ireland: A Folklore Sketch; a Handbook of Irish Pre-Christian Traditions, Volume 2Longmans, Green, and Company, 1902 - 405 pages |
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Traces of the Elder Faiths of Ireland: A Folklore Sketch; a ..., Volume 2 William Gregory Wood-Martin Affichage du livre entier - 1902 |
Traces of the Elder Faiths of Ireland: A Folklore Sketch; a ..., Volume 2 William Gregory Wood-Martin Affichage du livre entier - 1902 |
Traces of the Elder Faiths of Ireland: A Folklore Sketch; a ..., Volume 2 William Gregory Wood-Martin Affichage du livre entier - 1902 |
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Page 154 - That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Page 197 - Alack, alack, is it not like that I So early waking, what with loathsome smells And shrieks like mandrakes...
Page 58 - As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
Page 46 - For to that holy wood is consecrate A virtuous well, about whose flowery banks The nimble-footed fairies dance their rounds By the pale moonshine, dipping oftentimes Their stolen children, so to make them free From dying flesh and dull mortality...
Page 146 - Because like a watch it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick : For, as sure as a gun, they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries click when it scratches the post. But a kettle of scalding hot water injected Infallibly cures the timber affected : The omen is broken, the danger is over ; The maggot will die, and the sick will recover.
Page 172 - They well know, (whether Christians know it or not,) that the giving up witchcraft is, in effect, giving up the Bible ; and they know, on the other hand, that if but one account of the intercourse of men with separate spirits be admitted, their whole castle in the air (deism, atheism, materialism) falls to the ground.* I know no reason, therefore, why we should suffer even this weapon to be wrested out of our hand.
Page 178 - ... a decoy of Satan, apparently offering itself to bless women, but in the end it will harden society and rob God of the deep earnest cries which arise in time of trouble, for help.
Page 50 - You drank of the well, I warrant, betimes?" He to the Cornishman said: But the Cornishman smiled as the stranger spake, And sheepishly shook his head. " I hasten'd as soon as the wedding was done, And left my wife in the porch; But i' faith she had been wiser than me, For she took a bottle to church.
Page 148 - The wren, the wren, the king of all birds, St. Stephen's Day was caught in the furze, Although he is little, his family's great, I pray you, good landlady, give us a treat.
Page 172 - Europe, have given up all accounts of witches and apparitions, as mere old wives' fables. I am sorry for it; and I willingly take this opportunity of entering my solemn protest against this violent compliment which so many that believe the Bible pay to those who do not believe it. I owe them no such service. I take knowledge...