TERRY MAGRA AND THE LEPRECHAUNS.
IRISH ECHOES
BY John Brougham
Paddy. How do ye do, Misther Aicho?
Echo. Mighty well thank you, Paddy.
THE BUNSBY PAPERS.
(SECOND SERIES.)
IRISH ECHOES.
BY JOHN BROUGHAM,
AUTHOR OF "A BASKET OF CHIPS."
NEW YORK:
DERBY & JACKSON, 119 NASSAU STREET,
CINCINNATI:—H. W. DERBY & CO.
1856.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by
DERBY & JACKSON,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of theUnited States for the Southern District of New York.
W. H. Tinson, Stereotyper.—Geo. Russell, Printer.—G. W.Alexander, Binder.
Transcriber's Note: Minor spelling and typographical errors havebeen corrected without note. Dialect spellings, contractions andinconsistencies have been retained as printed.
The Table of Contents was not present in the original text and hasbeen produced by the Transcriber for the convenience of the reader.
CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- DAN DUFF'S WISH, AND WHAT CAME OF IT.
- THE BLARNEY STONE.
- THE GOSPEL CHARM.
- THE TEST OF BLOOD.
- THE MORNING DREAM.
- THE FORTUNE-TELLER.
- THE FAIRY CIRCLE.
- O'BRYAN'S LUCK. A TALE OF NEW YORK.
- THE TIPPERARY VENUS.
PREFACE.
Perhaps the most interesting, if not the most instructive, records ofany nation, are its traditions, and legendary tales, and in no part ofthe world can there be found so varied and whimsical a store, as inIreland. Every portion of the country; every city, town, and village;nay, almost every family of the "real ould stock" has itsrepresentative share in the general fund.
It is a very curious study to trace the an