, 1873-06-16


| ask, tl,on "Wllat lan become OF the Know
Not',ing7 9'-" why they've gono UNDER NtiHt4er
The roaru of laughter from alt elos Of tho
| house made tho 1ost Of tho speech inaullblo.
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| IRISH FAIRY-LAND.
| In tho current number OF the Saint Pa,rs
! Magazine Mr. ". Bury glvos non1o intcrosting
| pages upon tho "Pootic Folls-Loro Of Iro1anl.s
| III Ireland, as in most other countries whore
mud where has it not boon tho nnturo and hnh~
its Of tho goblins will be observed to suit moro
| than ono mood md disposition Of thoso who put
faith iii supernatural manifestations. Tho
po poHerfully ombodisa in ~ the D'!s coiid le.
mountain a1os, in the stories Of tho Piooke,
kind OF contanr-dcmon, or 11lborninn dragon;
while to tue Same division might DO allotted tho
whole OF tho cllarrel-ho1lse tales, including
doath coachoa, apparltlonB, brown mon (vaul-
piros or ghoula) nnd spcctron who present then-
selves to tho living In oraor to nnbnrdon their
committed in the 1esl. But ireland haa, besides,
curious comic panthoism, il such D phrase may
bo permitted To this order belongs tho
e faous te oohe oaEo g. tho G oon carried sn
back again, and the vast family OF
tho olyos who spont go much OF thoir tiino in
playing Robin doodfello trichB with beIatod
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found to bo almost literally repoatod IN tho tales
told at Munster and Connaught 1iroades so TINT
M inquirer into subjects Of tho hind aro almost
inclined to believe that all fairios, likotho glpaes
royo's which took place In tho realms Of Titanla
aud oberon, with the. appropriate ncantations
tor tho suppression Of tlio thorny hodge
hogs and long-ldggod spinnors,. aro de-
tivos Of how court was Kept by the elm
monarch Don Fiorna, or in similar taloB OF high
fostivai in tho eubtorranean palaco Of Queen
Meay, who, indood, by somo commontato1n, ia
Fiorna balls from rural pariah in tho County
Cork, and Queen Meav, or Areabh, belongs to
the wildB Of Connemara. OF col,rHo tho peas-
a1try are unable to dross and equip thoir fairies
give tho note or suggestion which entls in tho
Ice being robbed for the taper which is to be lit
at the cyeH Of tho glow.worm, and IN the paint
ed wings OF the butterfly boing converted into
fan to lseep OFT tho nooon-rayB
In n drawing-roon book Of the finest and most
dolicato fancy. tho lottor-preHH furnished BY Nlr.
William AlnGham aud tho illustrations by Mr..
Richard Doyle, is to be soon u number Of pic
which everything graceful In tue idca OF olfn
mythology appoars to bo grouped together. Tho
blinking owl lends himself to the frolcs aud
prankB Of tho fairios with kind OF solemn pro-
tost against the levity Of tho proceodings; tho
folk Tit around and in the bolls OF tho flow-
/ crB thoy mako butterflies draw tlom in chariots;
they mount suky frogs with AZ much desernlsna-
ton as Watepton @ mounted oa, nus alllga.or now
tho moon; thoy kiss under tho shade Of mnall-
rooms; they sloep on tho loayes that bend not
bonoath thom, and their ercsBos 40 vol Oh their
and a poet ..... .'...
The supposed primitive inhabitants Of Irclaud
tho luatla do Danaans were, tradition relates,
great and wonderful magc'ana. "a IL was bythe
! nncent monuments WhcBo tracos Rr0 still yig-
PIC. ihoy %oro also poop1o renowned for
learning anu Tor Bril- IN tno art1, II Was
thought that many OF tho Inhtha do
Danaana suryiyed by 1noans Of aof-onchant-
women occnslohhl!y SlslEle to mortals. accord"
ing to this superstition the phantolns or spirits
OF course asBumed tho proportions OF h1i1nan
human beauty g ugliness - Tic notion Of tic
Ct which tho theory Of tho good pooplo being
tnnt an angea ,Ne, We naon1a THEY were not
atrictea sonso Of the torn, They wore tho nou:
trala-the miserable Uncertain Ones in tho awful
Kobolilon which took place among tho Celestial
lntolllgoncoH, and they wore punished for their
lukewarm loyalty BY bel1g baniAhed, hut only as
far as the Garth. uonco tho mention Of tho lluly
name or Of tho Trinity Causes T. Bad oommo-
ton among them, gnd several ct tho legends
describe O. S P@p 9 by ary At the lent re
'sas part Of tlo punishment; The good, people,
wlon thoy fol! from tho sky, came down as
thlckly as RAJ ranl1Eops. Ihoy hhyo no souls to live
forayor, but thoy seem to know nothing OF
death or decay. When the world ., coacn q T. to nn
end thoy WilIcoIno TO gu end WITH 1t, like tho
flowers, tue birds, and tho treoH.
MeFrows, mormon, o15 m9or"omon. molnaids 1 M
Fauna Of Ireland. The most learned common
tators OH coltto antiquities assure us that tlo
first merman was named tintAll,, WHO came
to ireland before tho ;Deluse, aud wsH saved
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