The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-10
DROLLERIES OF DONEGAL.
MURRoeHOO-MoRE AND MURROGHOO. BEG.
By sEUMAs MACMANUS.
Copyrighted bv Toe s. S. xccurr Co.. 1899.

MuITokHOO anu muITOknOODt were
cousins and lived in the one townland Murroghoo-
more was the biggest and strongest and always
kept poor Murroghoo beg at his command, and
made him do what he liked Murroghoo more
one day gave Murroghoo beg. a skillet and says
he 10 him:
"MurroGhOo beg go out 10 the woods and pluck
the full Of that skillet Of raspberries."
Murroghoo beg took the skillet and went to the
wood and filled il with the raspberres but on the
way home again there came on shower. and
Murroghoo beg had to go in under bush till il
would pass When he was in under the
bush he began to take the hunger, and when he
looked at the fine skillet of ripe raspbcrries he was
carrying home to lazy Murroghoo more his teeth
begah to water and poor Murroghoo beg couldn't
! help tasting one raspberry just to what they
were like, and then another and another, till at
last he finished the skillet Very well and good
When he came home, says Murroghoo more,
where's the raspberries sent you for
Il had the full OF the skillet, but hunger took
me on the road home, and ate them, says Murro-
ghoobeg
Well the next morning Murrog hoo more come
to Morrughoo beg again, and gave him the skill
let and told him to go to the wood and pull him
skillet Of raspberries; and mind" says he,
that hunger doesn't take you the way home
to day or it will be the worse for ye" Poor Muir
roghoo beg promised that II would not and he set
out this day again and pulled the full of the skill
let OF raspberries in the wood; and on his way
home doesn't shower come on agn and put him
under BUSH and the hunger took him again,
and he ate the skillet of raspberries. So when he
went home Murroghoo more asked him where
was his raspberries and poor Morrughoo beg
told him again wha; happened TO him.
"All right" says Murroghoo more. Very good.
the next morning Murroghoo more comes to Muir
roghoo beg the third time and gave him the skill
let and told him to go out to the wood and pull
him skillet Of raspberres and that il he ate the
raspberries this time again he would surely have
his life. But poor Morrughoo beg ate hearty
breakfast and said that there was no fear of the
hunger taking him the day. So out he goes to
the wood and fills his skillet again, and set out
whisting to carry it home to Murroghoo more.
But what would you have of il but the shower
put MurroEhoo beg anunder the BUSH and the
hunger took him and he ate the skillet Of rasp
berries again Then he went home to Muir
roghoo more and says Murroghoo- more:
where's my skillet OF raspberries sent you to
tho woods to pluck for me-"
"Och'" says Murrog hoo,beg says he "the
hunger took me and ate them"
"All right" says Murroghoo more, we must
die I'll pick out your eyes first and then I'll
leave II TO yourself to choose how 10 die after"t
So he got pointed stick and setting II on fire
he put it into poor Murroghoo beg's eyes and
burned them out
Now" says Murroghoo more, what am to do
with you"
Well" says Murroghoo beg says he Il sup
pose tho easiest death will be to leave me over in
that old church all night for no one that stops
night there is ever alive in the morning"
Very we'll and good Murroghoo more took
poor Murroghoobee over TO the old church and
left him there. About midnight poor Murroghoo-
beg hears the rooie boolie, and heller skelter in
comes a whole ragimint Of cats Murroghoo beg
got under some planks in the corner. he wasn't
seem but could hear all the cats would say. After
a lot OF chat they squared themselves round and
then they differed which one of them would
tell tho first story Every of them put il 10 an
older one till at length 1t came to an old granny
cat and she consented to tell her story. but she
| said the house would have to be we'll searched
first for it wouldn't do for anyone to overhear
what she had TO say. Well and good, all the young
cats went hurry skurry round the church. looking
under the seats and everywhere and poor Muir
roghoo beg began to tremble in his skin now
with fear OF being caught for he knew they would
tear him to pieces But the young cats were in
such hurry to hear the old granny cats story
| that they forgot to look under the planks where
Murroghoo beg was hid Then they reported that
there was no one in the house nor round about It,
so the old cat begun her story.
Well" says she, "the daughter Of the king is
lying bad, and very bad and she has been that
way off and on for twelve months, only it's
what it's worse sho is getting every day and all
the first doctors in the land have been called in
and the king has offered her weight in gold to the
man that will cure her, but it's all OF no None
| of them can make out what's wrong with her. or
| how she can be cured But know her complaint
and know how to cure il, and I'll tell il all. only
| you must promise never to come out with it, for
mean to let her die a lingering death. says she
They all promised that they'd never split lips
again on the subject the spieful old cat went
We'll then" says She Long ago. when she
| was child. she me putting my head into a
pail OF sweet milk. aud she came up and hit me
| on the head, making me drop the mouthfu
had got back into the pail again. and she then
took drink out OF the pail herself with the venom
| Of my sptle in it, and from that day young
| penis have been growing in her. There's one
thing, and only one, would cure her and rid her OF
| the serpents. and that please the devil. she'll
| never have nor never know of-that is, Just three
spoonfuls OF water out Of the well here at the back
| of the church, TO be taken nine mornings on the
bare stomach, fasting.
! Murroghoo beg heard all this, and he waited
till the cats went all away, and in the morning he
came out and, cropping his way TO the well, ne
|
water, and then started for the kings palace,
and when he come there all that place in a
| commotion with ali the first doctors OF the three
kingdoms and France besides And when poor
| Murroghoo beg come in, and he was asked what
was wrong with him, and he said he had come to
| cure the kings daughter; and they asked him
| where his medicine. and he said he had il
in his boot they commenced laughing at him,
and the doctors ordered him to be turned out And
| the servants began TO shove and push poor Munro
ghoo beg To put him out Of the paIace. but Munro
ghoo beg wasn't for going, and that was the
roolie- boolie, And by the loss o wars what with
the wrestling and the fighting and the racketing
they made DOESN'T the sick lady hear it, and she
sent down word to know what was going on.
! And they sent back the word that il was a poor
dcmentcd man that wanted to cure her ladyship
with bootful Of spring water
let him come up" said her ladyship: sure he
can't do no worse nor the rest Of them anyhow"
Well, her wish. Of course. command.
Up my brave Murrog hoo-beg was taken and when
he came into her ladyships presence he told her
he would get her out of bed in a short time So