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R. Shelton Mackenzie. Bits of Blarney
Bits of Blarney
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LEGENDS
BITS OF BLARNEY
LEGEND OF THE LAKE
THE LEGEND OF CORRIG-NA-CAT
LEGEND OF THE ROCK CLOSE
CON O'KEEFE AND THE GOLDEN CUP
LEGENDS OF FINN MAC COUL
FINN AND THE FISH
THE BREAKS OF BALLYNASCORNEY
FINN MAC COUL'S FINGER-STONE
IRISH STORIES
THE PETRIFIED PIPER
CHAPTER I. — WHO THE PIPER WAS
CHAPTER II. — WHAT THE PIPER DID
CHAPTER III. — HOW THE PIPER GOT ON WITH MARY MAHONY
CHAPTER IV. — HOW THE PIPER BECAME A PETRIFACTION
CHAPTER V. — HOW IT ALL ENDED
THE GERALDINE
CAPTAIN ROCK
CHAPTER I. — THE WAKE
CHAPTER II. — THE LEADER
CHAPTER III. — THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE
CHAPTER IV. — THE ATTACK ON CHURCHTOWN BARRACKS
CHAPTER V. — THE ATTACK ON ROSSMORE
CHAPTER VI. — THE TRIAL
A NIGHT WITH THE WHITEBOYS
BUCK ENGLISH
ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS
THE BARD O'KELLY
FATHER PROUT
FATHER PROUT'S SERMON
IRISH DANCING-MASTERS
CHARLEY CROFTS
IRISH PUBLICISTS
HENRY GRATTAN
DANIEL O'CONNELL
NEW, POPULAR, AND STANDARD WORKS,
THE NOCTES AMBROSIANÆ;
PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION
Nearly ready, in Two Volumes,
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R. Shelton Mackenzie
Published by Good Press, 2019
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When the young lady shrieked with surprise at seeing a herdsman in that place, out rushed a whole regiment of soldiers, with their cheeks as red as the kitchen-fire five minutes before the dinner is done, and the looks of them as fierce as if they were in the heat of battle—a little fiercer, may-be.—"Oh, that villain!" says the lady, pointing to the herdsman.—"Come here, and be killed," shouted the dragoons. But the herdsman knew better. "Send your master to me," says he, as bold as brass. "I always like to do business with principals."
They wondered, as well they might, at the fellow's impudence, but they thought it best to call out their master. He came, with a golden crown upon his head, and a purple velvet cloak on his shoulders, and a beautiful pair of Hessian boots on his feet.—"I demand justice," said the herdsman, "for the trespass that your cows have been committing on Mac Carthy's field; and I seize this cow until the damage be ascertained and made good."
