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Legends of Saints and Sinners

by Douglas Hyde

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  1. 1Introduction
  2. 2St. Patrick and Crom Dubh — Preface
  3. 3Mary’s Well
  4. 4How Covetousness Came Into the Church
  5. 5Knock Mulruana
  6. 6The Stone of Truth or the Merchant of the Seven Bags
  7. 7The Adventures of Léithin
  8. 8The Death of Bearachan
  9. 9Story of Solomon
  10. 10Christmas Alms
  11. 11The Burial of Jesus
  12. 12Saint Peter
  13. 13Legends of St. Deglan
  14. 14St. Deglan
  15. 15St. Paul’s Vision; or, the Last End of the Man Who Leads a Bad Life
  16. 16Oscar of the Flail
  17. 17Oisin in Elphin
  18. 18The Priest Who Went to Do Penance
  19. 19The Friars of Urlaur
  20. 20Dialogue Between Two Old Women
  21. 21The Minister and the Gossoon
  22. 22The Keening of the Three Marys
  23. 23The Farmer’s Son and the Bishop
  24. 24Shaun the Tinker
  25. 25Mary and St. Joseph and the Cherry Tree
  26. 26The Student Who Left College
  27. 27The Help of God in the Road
  28. 28The Minister’s Son
  29. 29The Old Woman of Beare
  30. 30The Old Hag of Dingle
  31. 31The Poem of the Tor
  32. 32Columcille and His Brother Dobhran
  33. 33Bruadar and Smith and Glinn — Preface
  34. 34Friar Brian
  35. 35How the First Cat Was Created
  36. 36God Spare You Your Health
  37. 37Teig O’Kane (Tadhg o Cátháin) and the Corpse
  38. 38Tomaus o Cahan and the Ghost
  39. 39Prayer After Tobacco
  40. 40The Buídeach, the Tinker, and the Black Donkey
  41. 41The Great Worm of the Shannon
  42. 42The Poor Widow and Grania Oï
  43. 43The Gambler of the Branch
  44. 44The Beetle, the Dhardheel, and the Prumpolaun
  45. 45The Lady of the Alms
  46. 46St. Patrick and His Garron
  47. 47How Saint Moling Got His Name
  48. 48Appendix

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