The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-25

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There was a woman in the village by the
name OF Kate Pendy., and who had her own
"Wisha then. ghraghil." said she. Tim
sheehy. is as cloar OF that as God Himself
There There l. IS, no fear that that poor. honest man
This was saturday, and Tim sheehy wa, in
didn't come home till the following morning
| When he was nearing the chapel and mass
man man say; There goes Tim sh ee hy.'r who
burned fitzeerad's cowhouso., and ran away WIc
Tss n aRs1 Con SH sald second
man, The Lord wouldn't let another DO pun
Sheehy hung his head and was cut to the
heart at these words He went home. and
Tnsk 5% s bot G Se ' liza sss
ths table ssd. a S VI ssp e ia ss,
ssse to sS STs G to osD and
shSshy lie ruined Sd my p 9Sr S9q fsa
deal Of people met at the wake house; they sat
down and began to smoke and t tell stories az
SURPRISE sSppii at midnight When Tim skechy n st
up On the table and began to sEsSHk 70 them.
| anu uelRnDOTS, ne. ytneptnt
he in dread OF me: n not harm any person hore
present It waSnt tint Pornd the
at this time. People broke my heart Killed me- me
with false accusations. but got leave t" return
t sSse Mas ar sn
and would have said a deal more but Tor an an
old woman. Nancy Brady, who was sitting IN
She rose up Tim rnn,,a my darling" said she.
| YOU you hag" said he II did and she is now
what she was in iii fe tale; bearing hsturher
n nct cows when she thinks noboly is IS
looking at her Just as she used to do in this
world Tim Sheeny tnrnfu yeh TO- the people:
this t woman with that lie dropped back dead
All the people in, It were cursng Nancy Brady
because She wouldn't stop quiet till they could
hear what, Tim Shechy had to tell about the
other world.
,[Arropos of the following tale I may say,
from penes not OF onn
the most inte,T,esing and impor,an, points in
IN e day and
antiquity are the best EXAMPLES Of this belief;
derived from #, in all probnb ,i, but re-
mails and birds and the emblematic beasts
and birds Of nations. such as the Roman eagle.
WIFI % have Been tctc
people. Tho lion. eagle. and bear Of England.
America. and Russia are OF course not totemic,
they had not totems. had rs national emblems
birds or beasts that at some previous period
There is a tale in Scotlan concern ing people
OF the clan MacCodrum. who were seals in the
N tho e sa ID Ro m
g sell Ihs MaeGodrGms , are mentioned Gt1 in
Gaelic IS Clap IN Mhle S0druim nan rom can
In the village OF Kilshanig. two miles north
east of Castlegregory. there lived at one time
q fine. brave young man named Tom Moore q
good dancer and singer. IT'S often he was
heard singing among the cliffs and In the
fields OF night.
Toms father and mother died and he was
alone in the house and In need OF a wife, One
morning early. when he was at work hear tho
strand. he saw the finest woman ever seen In
that part OF the kingdom. sitting on a rock.
fast asleep Tho tide was gone from the rocks
then. and Tom was curious to know who she
was or what brought her. so he walked to-
Wake up cried Tom to the woman: III
the tide comes twill drown you"
She raised her head and only laughed. Tom
every minute to look al, the woman. When he
came bach % he caught th SPADE; bqt couldn't
on the rock: At last the, tide swept over the
rock he threW the spade down Low and away to
Tom spent the day cursing himself Tor not
God that sent her to him. He couldn't work
out the day, He went home;
was up, early next morning and went to the
rock. The woman was there He called to Der
sS aS With h me- sG ssa
t ri, h i!' from her head and said: iii have
The moment he did that she cried: Give
dGo% Tn not God sent you to
sati:Hsa Ara takLps her Sy t Ike sFm Re isd
said To% %o%n '1Is!sa 20 81 sH God you
they'd be- taikinr" So after ' b real ' they
went to tho priest and Tom asked him to
where did you get the wife" asked the
Tom told the whole story When the priest
saw Tom was so anxious to marry he charged
wife WITH .h mnd ss was hs w
iv an as st ever o went into mans house she
One day Tom was ploughing, and some nart
U the broke He t
up to get them. He throw. down bags and
r1nSs While be was looking for the bolts and
SSe Sh IA is
sa iSA5f eS Gu' We t hat my brother
Some mon who We're hunting killed three
seals that day. All tho women Of tho village
ran down to the strand to look nt the seals. md
Toms wife with others. She began to cry. and
going up to the dcad seals she spoke some
words to, eacn and then cried out. "Oh. the
murder !"
Whom they saw hcr CRYING tho men snid:
We'll have nothing more to do with those
seals" SO they q ~ n great hole and tho three
seals were nut into it and coverci But some
thought in the night Iis srfGt Sh1 tnE;n to
them ;" Thev went with shOvelS and removed
hearth, bit found No trace IF the n seals; MO.
roaring. Next day when Tom was at work
his wife swept the house; put everything
II order. washed the children and c3mbei
each She went. then. to the rock. and. put
ting the hood on her head. gave a plunge.
That moment the big seal rose and roared so
that people ten miles away could hear him.
Toms vile went away with the seal swim
ming in the sea. All tho five children that
shc left hni webs between their fingers and
toes half way to the tins.