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the Queen of Beauty and the other ladies. "At the opening of the assembly there was always a solemn proclamation of peace, and the king who held the fair awarded prizes to the most successful poets, musicians, and professors and masters of every art."--See Dr. Sullivan's "Introduction to O'Curry's Lectures." XII. _The Contest of the Bards._ "The three musical feats of the _Daghda_, a celebrated Dedanann chief and Druid, were the _Suantraighe_, which from its deep murmuring caused sleep. The _Goltraighe_, which from its meltive plaintiveness caused weeping, and the Goltraighe, which from its merriment caused laughter. "_Bose_, the great Norse harper, could give on his harp the Gyarslager, or stroke of the sea gods, which produced mermaids' music."--O'Curry's Lectures. * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: Typographical problems have been changed and are listed below. Author's archaic and variable spelling is preserved. Author's punctuation style is preserved. Passages in italics indicated by _underscores_. Transcriber's Changes: his own motion, with scarce a word of encouragement[** Was 'encourage ment' over line break] myself before that day. Then the king[** Was 'King'] asked the door. Around, outside[** Was 'ouside'] the hut, on a level with name," said the cat,[** Changed '.' to ','] "I am a friend of yours, Princess Kathleen, and you can either go or stay."[** Added closing double-quote] beneath the waters.[** Changed ',' to '.'] The white steed pulled up "Don't be frightened, little man," said he,[** Added comma] "and darkness. Cuglas[** Was 'Cuglass'] could hear ahead of him the "You are welcome, Cuglas[** Was 'Cuglass']," said the queen, as could run so lightly that the rotten twigs[** Was 'twigg'] should world, on etymological[** Was 'entymological'] authority, the spot was devoted. the story of the Tain bo Chuailgne[** Was 'Chuaillgne'].--O'Curry's "Manners the Ancient Irish" are several dazzling descriptions of cavalcades[** Was 'calvacades'] of it, and in rear of it,[** Added comma] and over it, and around it, wherever he and other popular games. They were analogous[** Was 'analagous'] in many ways "These[** Added opening double-quote] assemblies were regulated by a strict by-law, a
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