| No. 25.—Vol. III.] | DUBLIN, 1887. | [Price Sevenpence. |
THE GAELIC JOURNAL.
FOLK LORE. The following is a first instalment of one among many legends I collected within the last few years in the Arann Islands. The narrator, John Folan, is a fisherman in Inis Meoḋain, who cannot speak English, as indeed scarcely any of the inhabitants of that island are able to do. There is still a rich store of folk-lore in our western islands, but it is aimost entirely confined to the ex- clusively Irish-speaking population. Cl<ynn Concob4i]i. sjeuL se4in 111 ic ton<vtMin. Oi ye&] f4o , a^uja no] pp re 50 ]io conn rii4ic AOif Ai^e. DT>eAT> fpif riip 41-ge 1 n-iArgAineAcc. T)o ceve4T) r aiiiac -54 t 4-511]- n JAbA- f nof m ion Aen n-iAp^ Aiiini mr ati t. T)o caic r 1 o-f4T> Ai]i An m-beAtAc fin 4511]- 04 m-bere4T> r Amuij 1 n-miceAcc ah Ae n feuT>f4T> f a -5404T) acc Aen n-iAf^ An'im. 1T1a] ]-m rm 00 leAn f -e te fit 50 n-ei]ec4T> b icneAcc teif 50 hiaic. *Oo cntA 50 ]uib '- t A1] b]uAc iic h-Aibne AgUf c'nif lAf^ a mA]ibA-. tj An C]tnnA 45 ceAcc 4511]- 00 b re 45 c|up4T> fAf a o]ubA, uuai] -oo comiAic f feAfj A5 ceAc cui^e le pojic 11 4 h-Aibne. T)o beAnnurc;- eA*0A]i t>'a cite. 4nn pn o'fnvfnuij 411 cigqn'oc -e 411 ]ib t nuuc Aige. T)'f]e- A^A1] An C-1Af541]e AJUf a -oub4i]c f leir 114C ]ib Ai^e acc ah c-Aen n-iAfg 4iii <m "oo t)4]] 411 Ae, " 45U]- ir iha]i rm," 4] re, ""04111 54 t,, tVa g-cAtcrmn mo fAO^At Ann po, 01 ]i m feuT>f4inn a riu]b4T> acc aii c-4en n-nvrg mr 411 t." " O," 4]f 411 ci^qvoc, "reuc n]]ucc eite teif 4511]- feuc c^'p'-o 4 cui]re4X) T)n cujat)." " H't Aen iinic tV feucAmc," *oubAi]c aii c- lAf^Aijie. " 5^ac 1110 cn'iAi]te," T>ub4i]c aii reA] eite ; " pgAOit attiac t>o "o]uoa." ljjne aii c-iAfgAi]e rm. Da 5e]i] ha t>141t> pn 50 ]Aib b]iAt)n m], bneg, A1]1 ceAnn a -opubA. T)o CAnnumg f ruAr aij b]u4c An b]-oc
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