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- Collection: The Evergreen: A Northern Seasonal - Volume 4
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Between the Ages
Seven 5-line stanzas ababa
Sant Efflamm and King Arthur
Author's Note: This rendering of the Breton legend ‘Sant Efflamm hag ar Roue Arzur' is based on the ballad of that name given by the late Vicomte Hersart de 1a Villemarqu~ in the Barzaz-Breiz.—i.e., Ballads of Brittany (1839).
Pourquoi des Guirlandes Vertes à Noël
Tradition of evergreen garlands at Christmas
Christmas Alms
Author's Note: The following story, of which I here give a translation, is no doubt largely due to the vivid imagination of some itinerant mendicant working in his own interest.
The Love-Kiss of Dermid and Grannie
Dermid and Grainne love each other despite desire of King Finn
Dermot's Spring
Dermot destroys Murchard O’Byrne, King of Tir-Cullen of Ireland, 25 Nov 1133, and 17 other rivals
A Devolution of Terror
“King René of Anjou, the laughter-loving Count of Provence, seeking to divert the melancholy of his beloved wife, Jeanne de Laval, turned the old-time-Keltic terror into gay new fetes: the games of the tarasque. These games are still played. The…
Grierson of Lag
Ballad of Sir Robert, the Laird of Lag, who captures a hill lad to make him tell where Tam Glen is; he refuses; Robert kills him, to horror of his men; mother comes and cleans body
The Snow-Sleep of Angus Ogue
Angus Ogue is older than all the gods; he is their soul; he is eternal Spring/Youth/Hope