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Taken from The Washer of the Ford , by Fiona Macleod, aka William Sharp

Dermot destroys Murchard O’Byrne, King of Tir-Cullen of Ireland, 25 Nov 1133, and 17 other rivals

“…so far as the main theme of this essay is concerned, let any one who cares for it see what he can make out for himself not only of the history of Scotland, but of the life and thought of its People, from the speaking stones of Stirling, which he…

tale of The Black Castle, Athole hills, in Scotland, during civil war. Earl of Athole loses possession, earldom bestowed upon an alien from the south, Sir Walter Stewart, who abuses the people; “With the New Year came one Uninvited…

Author's Note: In parts of Brittany it is the belief that on the Eve of All Souls, the Dead are permitted to return to the world; but that, being shapeless and voiceless, they enter into the bodies of the beggars who are called by the people the '…

story of a young mother whose infant dies, but Mother of God takes him

Narrator reflects on the weather; autumn and the coming of winter in Scotland; recounts neighbourhood gossip conveyed by his housekeeper Peggy ; [116] “That, you see, is the way a woman’s eye beholds the changes coming.”

Prose piece in which the narrator travels to the Holy Island of Iona to come to terms with his or her grief.
“The cycle of the year, or seasons, can easily be traced; but the universal spiral is indeed so vast, that mortals, seeing but a part,…

1) A Year and a Day; 2) A Coincidence