e peasant tenantry. As, however, in
perusing a drama each reader for himself supplies stage-action, so, in the
following pages, he is requested to imagine the charms of gesticulation
and intonation, for no pen can do justice to a story told by Irish lips
amid Irish surroundings.

[Illustration: "She 'll get all me Turf"]

CONTENTS

PREFACE.
THE SEVEN KINGS OF ATHENRY.
TAMING THE POOKA.
THE SEXTON OF CASHEL.
SATAN'S CLOVEN HOOF.
THE ENCHANTED ISLAND.
HOW THE LAKES WERE MADE.
ABOUT THE FAIRIES.
THE BANSHEE.
THE ROUND TOWERS.
THE POLICE.
THE LEPRECHAWN.
THE HENPECKED GIANT.
SATAN AS A SCULPTOR.
THE DEFEAT OF THE WIDOWS.

[Illustration: "Divil roast ye wid it"]

[Illustration: "Is it spilin' me wall he is?"]

ILLUSTRATIONS

"GOD SAVE YER HOLINESS." Frontispiece.
Vignette
"She 'll get all me Turf"
"Divil roast ye wid it"
"Is it spilin' me wall he is?"
"Howld on, we 'll argy the matther"
Initial: "The Seven Kinds of Athenry"
A Modern Irish Village
"All a-makin' love to the Young Princess"
"DIVIL A WAN O' ME KNOWS," SAYS HE.
"The Princess had disayved thim all complately"
"All disconsarted entirely"
Initial: "Taming the Pooka"
Dennis and the Pooka
"He'd a sight of larnin', had the King"
"The Quane a-gosterin'"
"IF IT'S AGGRAYBLE TO YE, I'LL LOOK IN YER MOUTH."
The Pooka Spirits
Initial: "The Sexton of Casbel"
THE ROCK OF CASHEL.
"Be aff wid yer nonsinse"
"Where is me dawther?"
"The Owld Man walkin' in Cormae's Chapel"
Initial: "Satan's Cloven Hoof"
Glendalough
Saint Kevin and the Devil
"An' so he's lame, an' must show his cloven fut"
Initial: "The Enchanted Island"
"Howld yer pace, ye palaverin' shtrap"
"Howlin' wid rage"
Initial: "How the Lakes were made"
Lough Conn
The Church by the Bog
Initial: "About the Fairies"
"Owld Meg"
Eva calling the Cattle
Initial: "The Banshee"
The "Hateful Banshee"
The "Friendly Banshee"
Initial: "The Round Towers"
"Crackin' their Haythen Shkulls"
Initial: "The Police"
The Police and the Tenants
"Thither goes the poor old women every day"
Initial: "The Leprechawn"
Returning the next morning with the spade
"Playing his pranks"
Initial: "The Henpecked Giant"
"AN' WHO ARE YOU, ME DEAR?" SAYS FINN, LOOKIN' UP.
Illustration: Music: When I Was Single.
"Finn gave in an' wint to work wid a pick an' sphade"
Initial: "Satan as a Sculptor"
A Barren Cliff
THE DEVIL'S FACE.