...thornies set In his bed at night. Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a hunting, For fear of little men ; Wee folk, good folk Trooping all together Oreen jacket, red cap, And grey cock's feather !" * Little ChUd. Say it again. FLOWER GIFTS. 'Tis a...

...ring of the true metal. As a good specimen we give a single stanza from a " Child's Song about the Fairies." " Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a hunting For fear of little men. Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together; Green jacket, red cap,...

...[f any man so daring As dig one up in spite, He shall find the thornies set In his bed at night. " Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't...together ; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's leather ! " THE LADIES' REPOSITORY. LORELEY; A RHINE LEGEND. " FROM yon rock's topmost height, Where...

...song, as in story, they must be mysterious, unknown, free or they are not worth talking about at all. Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't...fear of little men. Wee folk, good folk, Trooping altogether; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather. I think most of us would give up' many...

...thornies set In his bed at night. Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a hunting For fear of little men ; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together ; Green jacket, red cap, And grey-cock's feather ! GREENWOOD TREE. OUE host has spread beneath our tread A broidered velvet woof,...

...spite, He shall find the thornies set Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a hunting For fear of little men ; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together ; Green jacket, red cap, And grey-cock's feather ! THE GEBMAN TEACHEB. By Lady DUFFEBIN : extracted from the Drawing Boom Scrap...

...displeasure from sin." CHARMS AND FAIRY FAITH. "Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We darn•t go a-hunting For fear of little men. "Wee folk, good...folk, Trooping all together; Green jacket, red cap, Gray cock's feather." — Allingham. IT was from a profound knowledge of human nature that Lord Bacon,...

...IX. THE FAIRIES. A NURSERY SONG. UP the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a hunting For fear of little men; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together; Green jacket, red cap, And grey -cock's feather! THE FAIRIES. Down along the rocky shore Some make their home, They live on crispy...

...thorniue set In his bed at night. " Up the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a-huuting For fear of little men ; Wee folk, good folk. Trooping...; Green jacket, red cap, And white owl's feather." "LOVELY MARY DONNELLY. " Oh, lovely Mary Donnelly, it's you I love the beet ! If fitly girls were round...

...curled : 'Tis well; for once beneath the sun There rolls a happy world ! JAMES MACFARLANE. 136 THE FAIRIES. UP the airy mountain, Down the rushy glen, We daren't go a hunting, For fear of little men; Wee folk, good folk, Trooping all together ; Green jacket, red cap,...