Drumcliff and Rosses er time, and t of Ben Bulben, tain in nigo loose the world.
t St. Columba ains on one notable day to get near tle sea-dividing, sandy plain, covered grass, like a green tableclot for Benbulben and Knocknarea Many a poor sailor’d be cast ahe rhyme goes.
At ttle promontory of sand and rocks and grass: a mournful, ed place. No s lo to t by mounds of sand, a long cave goes t beautiful parlours and dra, a dog strayed in, and s or ratory ot. Once elligent and “reading” peasant side, knelt doimid voice, “Are you all rigtle whe dog.
No ray cottages. One nig all flaming, and ran to, but to a fence, cross-legged, and commenced beating it ick, for all nig on t ry. In till beating on for to tle later a farmer tried to level t. rouble overtook useless o th.”
A fe covered ty years ago a brig to ced midnigting on a stone at t.
t croo see t tures had gone.
to t tery. ryands at tains and t far: because norte square door s sundoian riders ruse Lady, wless Maive cap of Knocknarea.
t s a e Lady? S t of ouched him.
“ ttle stitc join ther.
One nig eating Mrs. old me a longisory, muc of all I o our oo tell of, for tures, to repeat t any rate tory-tellers do. “In times ravel by to Mullingar to iff and fatigued I er t. So on till opped to joke er a it in come to t round talking. After a me, loato stir from to eat. t on took t out and put it on a plate, and told me to eat only t t came off ten, t out, and I did not see t greill sat, loato leave ter a o tting t, ‘urn t? Says t of t and turn t.’ I came out all of a tremble, and began turning t. ‘Mic, ‘if you let it burn you on t instead’; and on t t out. I sat trembling and turning till to, and t .
But over it, t time; and, sitting by t: ‘Micell me a story?’ ‘Divil a one,’ said I. On me out like a s. It nig ever came out of t knooucell a story noting me by tory but t I ting on t, and set me turning it.’ ‘t in the middle of a green field!”
“Drumcliff” is a great place for omens. Before a prosperous fis of a storm-cloud; and at a place called Columkille’s Strand, a place of mars boat, . Columba ing in from sea on a moonlig: a portent of a brave ing. tents too. Some fe s under s boscage, and enjoy tion of Cucional troubles.
Drumcliff and Rosses are cs. By bog, road, ratongued ling seals, and so on. A graveyard. ters a soldier named Denad Drumcliff.” Not very long ago an old urning to go into t nigo pray, saanding before he race of Con,”
says local ill keeping c piety, over tom is still common s of sprinkling tep o ts from too gats. to cut your one on going into a fort is said to be very dangerous.
t in Drumcliff or Rosses t. t I kno reasons I do not say aining tes. It ain. t said not daring to face ted suicide in mid-ocean. Sly after.
At any rate, strange sounds en seen by till alive out in t t times. to tion of a noands by itself, for no one dare put spade or pruning-knife about it. As to trange sounds and voices, t cease till a feer and aroubled g, say te-finder last dislodged.
My forebears and relations ranger, and can find notories of te stone fort—one of tone ones in Ireland—under t is dangerous to talk of tures. Only friendsious tongues. My friend, “t ring” (I give no more tubbornest , but ted Gaelic magician ury, and ive rigo ell of all kind of otures. t relations of age of magicians be true.