  HOW COVETOUSNESS CAME INTO THE CHURCH. THE STONE OF TRUTH OR THE MERCHANT OF THE SEVEN BAGS. THE COMPARISON AS TO AGE BETWEEN THE FOUR ELDERS; NAMELY, THE ST. PAUL'S VISION; OR, THE LAST END OF THE MAN WHO LEADS A BAD LIFE. THE PRIEST WHO WENT TO DO PENANCE. DIALOGUE BETWEEN TWO OLD WOMEN THE KEENING OF THE THREE MARYS. THE FARMER'S SON AND THE BISHOP. MARY AND ST. JOSEPH AND THE CHERRY TREE. COLUMCILLE AND HIS BROTHER DOBHRAN. HOW THE FIRST CAT WAS CREATED. TEIG O'KANE (TADHG O CATHAIN) AND THE CORPSE. THE BUIDEACH, THE TINKER, AND THE BLACK DONKEY. THE BEETLE, THE DHARDHEEL, AND THE PRUMPOLAUN. HOW SAINT MOLING GOT HIS NAME. Title: Legends of Saints & Sinners Collected and Translated from the Irish Author: Douglas Hyde Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 E-text prepared by Bethanne M. Simms, Les Galloway, LEGENDS OF SAINTS ST. PATRICK AND CROM DUBH LEGENDS OF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Page | |
| Introduction | vii |
| St. Patrick and Crom Dubh | 1 |
| Mary's Well | 12 |
| How Covetousness Came into the Church | 22 |
| Knock Mulruana | 26 |
| The Stone of Truth | 34 |
| The Adventures of Leithin | 40 |
| The Comparison as to Ages | 56 |
| The Death of Bearachan | 63 |
| Story of Solomon | 66 |
| Christmas Alms | 70 |
| The Burial of Jesus | 76 |
| Saint Peter | 80 |
| Legends of St. Deglan | 87 |
| St. Paul's Vision | 95 |
| Oscar of the Flail | 110 |
| Oisin in Elphin | 114 |
| The Priest who went to do Penance | 116 |
| The Friars of Urlaur | 125 |
| Dialogue between Two Old Women | 136 |
| The Minister and the Gossoon | 142 |
| The Keening of the Three Marys | 145 |
| The Farmer's Son and the Bishop | 148 |
| Shaun the Tinker | 154 |
| Mary and St. Joseph and The Cherry Tree | 163 |
| The Student who left College | 166 |
| The Help of God in the Road | 173 |
| The Minister's Son | 178 |
| The Old Woman of Beare | 188 |
| The Old Hag of Dingle | 192 |
| The Poem of the Tor | 195 |
| Columcille and His Brother Dobhran | 198 |
| Bruadar and Smith and Glinn | 206 |
| Friar Brian | 210 |
| How the First Cat was Created | 214 |
| God spare You your Health | 217 |
| Teig O'Kane and the Corpse | 219 |
| Tomaus O'Cahan and the Ghost | 238 |
| Prayer after Tobacco | 243 |
| The Buideach, The Tinker, and The Black Donkey | 247 |
| The Great Worm of the Shannon | 258 |
| The Poor Widow and Grania OÏ | 264 |
| The Gambler of the Branch | 273 |
| The Beetle, The Dhardheel, and the Prumpolaun | 276 |
| The Lady of the Alms | 280 |
| St. Patrick and his Garron | 283 |
| How Saint Moling got his Name | 292 |
