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but Edmund says that there are no such creatures at all.
Nora.—But if there are not, how could they be seen?
Peg.—Did you ever see one of them yourself, Nora?
Nora.—Indeed I did not, thank God! But there are many people that have seen them.
Peg.—Tell me one.
Nora.—Jack Herlihy. I was listening to him telling it.
Kate.—Ach, the half-fool!
Nora.—Whether he is a half-fool or not, he saw the ghost.
Sheila.—Where, Nora?
Nora.—Why, he was sent to drive the cows after they had been milked up to Tureen-an-Chassurla on Sunday night. There was a house full of people gathered there for the evening. Soon Jack rushed in, in a great fright, with his eyes shining like candles through terror and panic. "Why, what ails you, Jack?" said they.—"Oh! by gum," said he, "I have seen a ghost!"—"When did you see it, Jack?" said they.—"Oh!" said he, "just at the meeting of day and night it was rather early in the evening—it was day more than it was night it was not dark in fact it was in the middle of the bright day."—I promise you there was a laugh.—"What did she say to you, Jack?" said they.—"By gum!" said he, "but she looked at me in a most woeful manner." "And what did you say to her, Jack?" said they.—"By gum!" said he, "but I thought it was better to run." "What was she like, Jack?" said
