The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-03-10
Over the Water
Story Of Wedding on
St. Patnck's Day
By F. A. Mitchell
Copyright by American Press Assoc
citation, 1911.

on the coast of ireland, about which
hangs many a picturesque legend. The
islanders are all fishermen In olden
times Tory was n lonely place and a
hard place to get to and from. No
priest lived there. The islanders were
all 1ood Catholics, and not to haye a
priest handy to baptize them, to marry
them and to shrive them subjected
them to constant trials.
The only sacred thing they had was
the nuns grave" Long ago during
a storm the body of nun was washed
up on the island That was the first
time the people there saw nuns
habit The leathern girdle and beads
made them think that there was some
thing sacred about the body. They
prayed to be instructed what to do
with it, and voice told them that 1t
was the body Of a holy nun and they
must bury 1t where they had found it.
They did so. and to this day not boat
ever puts out to fish without handful
of earth from the nuns grave" to pre-
serve the fishermen from drowning.
Many years ago there lived on Tory
island a young fisherman named Fer
gus Tyrone and fisher lass named
Eileen O'Connor. They were simple
couple. growing up in a small compass
and loving each other with that fer
vor which is to be found in those who
live lives close to nature They were
of the same age, having both been
born on st. Patrick's day. Fergus,
though but twenty years of age at
the time the incident | am about to
narrate took place, was hardy young
fellow and, however stormy the wealth
er, never feared to go out to fish in
his boat when any other craft was on
the water But Eileen did not fear
for him. because she would never let
him go without first taking handful
of earth and. after praying the holy
nun to protect him, depositing it in
the stern of his boat.
This simple couple wished to be
married on their twentieth birthday,
which was st. Patrick's day, of
course, and Fergus had induced a
priest from the mainland to agree to
come over on that day and marry
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tba island The wind had risen, anC
Eileen. who stood watching on thu
shore feared that every wave woult
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enough for her to see that the prizes
was not in ii her heart misgave her
hut even before Fergus had made fas
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