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BESIDE THE FIRE
A COLLECTION OF
IRISH GAELIC FOLK STORIES.
EDITED, TRANSLATED, AND ANNOTATED
BY
DOUGLAS HYDE, LL.D., M.R.I.A.,
(ANCHRAOIBHÍN AOIBHINN.)
MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OF THE GAELIC UNION; MEMBER OF THE PAN-CELTIC SOCIETY, ETC.
WITH ADDITIONAL NOTES
BY
ALFRED NUTT.
Tá siad mar ċeó air dteaċt na h-oidċe
Ḃeirṫear as le gal beag gaoiṫe.—Sean Dan.
"They are like a mist on the coming of night
That is scattered away by a light breath of wind."—Old Poem.
LONDON:
DAVID NUTT, 270, 271 STRAND.
1890.
