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Legends of Saints & Sinners

Legends of Saints & Sinners

by Douglas Hyde

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Compiler
Hyde, Douglas, 1860-1949
Title
Legends of Saints & Sinners. Collected and Translated from the Irish
Credits
E-text prepared by Bethanne M. Simms, Les Galloway, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net)
Language
English
LoC Class
PB: Language and Literatures: General works
Subject
Legends -- Ireland
Category
Text
eBook-No.
45910
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45910
Release Date
June 7, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.LEGENDS OF SAINTS & SINNERS
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION.
  3. 3.ST. PATRICK AND CROM DUBH.
  4. 4.MARY'S WELL.
  5. 5.HOW COVETOUSNESS CAME INTO THE CHURCH.
  6. 6.KNOCK MULRUANA.
  7. 7.THE STONE OF TRUTH OR THE MERCHANT OF THE SEVEN BAGS.
  8. 8.THE ADVENTURES OF LÉITHIN
  9. 9.THE COMPARISON AS TO AGE BETWEEN THE FOUR ELDERS; NAMELY, THE CROW OF ACHILL, THE GREAT EAGLE OF LEAC NA BHFAOL, THE BLIND TROUT OF ASSAROE, AND THE HAG OF BEARE.
  10. 10.THE DEATH OF BEARACHAN
  11. 11.STORY OF SOLOMON.
  12. 12.CHRISTMAS ALMS.
  13. 13.THE BURIAL OF JESUS.
  14. 14.SAINT PETER.
  15. 15.LEGENDS OF ST. DEGLAN.
  16. 16.ST. DEGLAN.
  17. 17.ST. PAUL'S VISION; OR, THE LAST END OF THE MAN WHO LEADS A BAD LIFE.
  18. 18.OSCAR OF THE FLAIL.
  19. 19.OISIN IN ELPHIN.
  20. 20.THE PRIEST WHO WENT TO DO PENANCE.
  21. 21.THE FRIARS OF URLAUR.
  22. 22.DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO OLD WOMEN
  23. 23.THE MINISTER AND THE GOSSOON.
  24. 24.THE KEENING OF THE THREE MARYS.
  25. 25.THE FARMER'S SON AND THE BISHOP.
  26. 26.SHAUN THE TINKER.
  27. 27.MARY AND ST. JOSEPH AND THE CHERRY TREE.
  28. 28.THE STUDENT WHO LEFT COLLEGE.
  29. 29.THE HELP OF GOD IN THE ROAD.
  30. 30.THE MINISTER'S SON.
  31. 31.THE OLD WOMAN OF BEARE
  32. 32.THE OLD HAG OF DINGLE.
  33. 33.THE POEM OF THE TOR.
  34. 34.COLUMCILLE AND HIS BROTHER DOBHRAN.
  35. 35.BRUADAR AND SMITH AND GLINN.
  36. 36.FRIAR BRIAN.
  37. 37.HOW THE FIRST CAT WAS CREATED.
  38. 38.GOD SPARE YOU YOUR HEALTH.
  39. 39.TEIG O'KANE (TADHG O CÁTHÁIN) AND THE CORPSE.
  40. 40.TOMAUS O CAHAN AND THE GHOST.
  41. 41.PRAYER AFTER TOBACCO.
  42. 42.THE BUÍDEACH, THE TINKER, AND THE BLACK DONKEY.
  43. 43.THE GREAT WORM OF THE SHANNON
  44. 44.THE POOR WIDOW AND GRANIA OÏ.
  45. 45.THE GAMBLER OF THE BRANCH.
  46. 46.THE BEETLE, THE DHARDHEEL, AND THE PRUMPOLAUN.
  47. 47.THE LADY OF THE ALMS.
  48. 48.ST. PATRICK AND HIS GARRON.
  49. 49.HOW SAINT MOLING GOT HIS NAME.
  50. 50.APPENDIX.
  51. 51.FOOTNOTES:

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