Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-03-05
Lost ON Dhu-COTTig.
By STANDISH O'GRADY
Copyright, lSa4, I american Press Associa-
toni
CHAPTER VII.


CrOhoor- beg commenced ly inform
ing me somewhat in the manner Of IA
professional story teller or historian
about IL deliver Il lecture that ireland
WIS ut one time filled with monstrous
reptiles, ugly and horrible. which preycd
uIon the people. 80 much | knew and
also that It. Patrick had hanished
them, all hut Il few which fingered on
after his time in remote mountain lakes.
hut Cr"hour said that though this might
he true of other parts of the country it
WIS not st. Patrick who had banished
the great pia>t of this region. but a
man called Cuhunlin The name of the
piast he said WAS Euorce. and that aft
er a terrible battle Cuhoolin had con-
qurred her. driven her into the sea, and
put her under spells 10 remain there till
the day of judgment. when, according to
CruhUur, she will he cast forever into
he'll and the door shut; also CuhoOlin
put spells upon her that she should not
have power 10 eat men only once and
again and between times. CrohoOr went
ON 10 Inform me that when his father
was litt'c boy some men had been lost
while fishing off this coast, and it was
believed they had been eaten by the
pia>t. y panic took possession of the
whole country, so that fishing ceased.
There WAS at the time in this country a
very good and holy priest who had I'M
usual influence over the minds of the
people. He held Il sea service and cele-
DRAFTED mass upon the water in the midst
of great fiotilla of boats for the ban
L, E =, s.
forbade the people even to speak of the
pia>t, not even 10 mention her as thing
of the past. an old time plague upon
this coast. and such was his influence,
according to CrUhoor, that for two gem
eratiunS only the vagueSt ideas circulate
cd among the people concerning the rep
tile. Since the taking away of Mr..
John Freeman from Dhu-Currig the
old people had been talking, and why
shouldn't they. he added, when It's
plain that the piuSt Is alive and strong
and nj her old bloody work again.
What Is the appearance of the piast, "
| ~k,d. and where does 81" live:'
Il II tell you about that SIR" he
said. He proceeded then to relate the
following story. with regard to which
T3v add that am very conscious that
NV English does not adequately EXPRESS
the power and picturesqueness of Gro
huur : Gaelic:
These things happened before my
fathers time and before my grandpa
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lows eve. and It's night when all the
ID things in the world from the
devil down have great power. be the
reason what it may.
The piast be d--d!' saws the
other. Il hold by no such foclishness.
The man who said this word was
called Tcigue Rue. He had red hair and
was the biggest and strongest man in
the little island and a terror to the
reaceaIly inclined. BY the same token.
too. he had gone away to h. a sailor
when he was a slip. and he went to
many outlandish parts before he came
home and settled himself down with
his kin for food and aIl in Lan-beo
And tbor,b H.. ,,.o,l tn,,rat,nd n l,n,sh
.,t Nh. ola .tu,;,, ,,f tb1. ,,o,,lo bo bif7,-
s,.lf had - ,.ust,,n , to1kinu of cave sea
devil ,r Mast that h., coIlrd Davv and
so,u.t1n,.s D,vv with anotber name
thar tba old raon1. did nor remember
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say. va. mus, Int 1,rl, ba wonId ,,nto
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