The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1915-07-03

comes to me regularly, writes very we'll
indeed. From certain signs and tokens
I believe that the poetry which adorns
it is his own. Little Charley, though
he threatened at one time to join the
Church Of Rome, is now, I am glad to
say. low church clergyman and rector
Of the parish of Hugriminton in the
shire Of Essex and maintains manfully
in those parts the sound doctrine Of sal
walton by faith only. With regard to
the apparition, I have to add the fol-
lowing: Some of the more interesting
metal work I showed to a college chum,
who told me that he had a friend, who
was we'll up in antiquities, who would
be able to tell us all about them. His
friends name was Hennessy. I forget
his Christian name. Ia distinguished
Gaelic scholar, translator of "The An
mails Of Locke Ce'' and of the annals ot
Ulster; died a few years ago.1 He is a
gentleman who, I understand, has since
distinguished himself In that department
Of scholarship and now occupies posi-
ton Of trust under the government. Mr..
Hennessy assigned the metal work to
some century which forget. He said.
I remember, that its characteristics We're
more Scandinavian than Irish, and that
their partial DETACHMENT was due to thu
fact that they had been cast upon til,
funeral pyre of the person in who's,
tomb they were found. As had told
Mr.. Hennessy nothing about how and
where I found them, I was greatly struck
by his penetration. Afterward told
him the whole story of my immurement
in the cavern, with the leading facts of
which he was generally acquainted, for
it was common theme of conversation
at the time, and pretty full account
had appeared not long before in the
Saunders News Letter. When I CANT
to describe the personal appearance and
dress Of the ghost, he was greatly sur
prised and interested and told me that
the dress was that Of an antique Irish
warrior. He took from drawer GER
tain Irish manuscript and read out fol
me, translating as he went along, three
or four passages, In which the appear
ance of the costume Of ancient Irish war
riors was described, and which quite
supported his view. He said that the
metal which have described as being
like gold, but brighter, was an amalgam
Of tin and copper, species of bronze,
the secret of whose manufacture has
since been lost, and that the eyes In the
ghosts brooch, which looked like glass,
but were not SO bright as glass, were
probably of that substance which in
ireland is called kerry diamond"
He was very much impressed by the
whole Of my story about the ghost, and
SO far from treating it lightly was very
serious indeed and said many times
that it was marvelous-and marvellous
indeed it was, be the explanation what
it may. When spoke of Curry's Win
dow, he stopped me and asked whether
I was sure that the fisherman had pro-
nounced the word as had pronounced
it. "a great DEAL" he said, Tin inves-
tigating antiquities and the Significance
of names depends on the exact pronun-
ciation." I said that he had not, aud
that 1t was for convenience's sake had
pronounced itso; that the fisherman had
pronounced it something like Coorer.
He seemed greatly pleased and inter-
ested in this. He told me then that
this was the name of the sea god of the
southern and western Irish in the pre-
Christian ages, and that in the still ex-
tant literature there was large vari-
ETY. of stories relating to this being.
After the introduction and spread Of
Christianity in the country the pagan
deities began to be regarded as evil be.
ines. usually as niasts. OF great water
This seems probable and will
help to explain the singular story told
to Mr.. Watkins by one of the islanders,
which story, as my editor informs me,
he has taken from the correspondence
Of that gentleman and intends to pub
lish along with my narrative.
TIIE END