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Dermot's Spring
Dermot destroys Murchard O’Byrne, King of Tir-Cullen of Ireland, 25 Nov 1133, and 17 other rivals
The Love-Kiss of Dermid and Grannie
Dermid and Grainne love each other despite desire of King Finn
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.
Pourquoi des Guirlandes Vertes à Noël
Tradition of evergreen garlands at Christmas
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).
Between the Ages
Seven 5-line stanzas ababa
Frost
Kailyard fiction
Symbols
quatrains abab
The Mother of Jesus
story of a young mother whose infant dies, but Mother of God takes him