Chapter I

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading All the same, if he was to clane up Ireland, Druids, snakes an’ all, ’twas important to begin by convertin’ the King.

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

plural of “apple” — fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

From this reading _By_ CURTIS DUNHAM AUTHOR OF “THE GOLDEN GOBLIN,” ETC.

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

From this reading All the same, if he was to clane up Ireland, Druids, snakes an’ all, ’twas important to begin by convertin’ the King.

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From this reading Now Patrick, bein’ a gintleman and the guest of King Laeghaire at Tara, could not turn himself loose on mimbers of the King’s own household.

annoy continually or chronically

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

third-person singular of “bless” — give a benediction to

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

cause to slow down or get stuck

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

a grouping of a number of similar things

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _By_ CURTIS DUNHAM AUTHOR OF “THE GOLDEN GOBLIN,” ETC.

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From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

object formed by a mold

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

a person who is in charge

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

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From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

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From this reading All the same, if he was to clane up Ireland, Druids, snakes an’ all, ’twas important to begin by convertin’ the King.

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From this reading All the same, if he was to clane up Ireland, Druids, snakes an’ all, ’twas important to begin by convertin’ the King.

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading Now Patrick, bein’ a gintleman and the guest of King Laeghaire at Tara, could not turn himself loose on mimbers of the King’s own household.

an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

English botanical writer and publisher (1746-1799)

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plural of “daughter” — a female human offspring

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

the time during which someone's life continues

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

-ing form of “defy” — resist or confront with resistance

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

third-person singular of “deliver” — deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

-ing form of “describe” — give a description of

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

being or moving lower in position or less in some value

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

having the power of driving or impelling

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

plural of “druid” — a pre-Christian priest among the Celts of ancient Gaul and Britain and Ireland

From this reading All the same, if he was to clane up Ireland, Druids, snakes an’ all, ’twas important to begin by convertin’ the King.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading _By_ CURTIS DUNHAM AUTHOR OF “THE GOLDEN GOBLIN,” ETC.

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From this reading _By_ CURTIS DUNHAM AUTHOR OF “THE GOLDEN GOBLIN,” ETC.

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From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

the organ of sight

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

a lining applied to the edge of a garment for ornamentation or strengthening

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

to a considerable degree; very much

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

informal intensifiers

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

an ornamental facade

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading Now Patrick, bein’ a gintleman and the guest of King Laeghaire at Tara, could not turn himself loose on mimbers of the King’s own household.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

(folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings

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having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

From this reading _By_ CURTIS DUNHAM AUTHOR OF “THE GOLDEN GOBLIN,” ETC.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

a small cave (usually with attractive features)

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

a visitor to whom hospitality is extended

From this reading Now Patrick, bein’ a gintleman and the guest of King Laeghaire at Tara, could not turn himself loose on mimbers of the King’s own household.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

be suspended or hanging

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading All the same, if he was to clane up Ireland, Druids, snakes an’ all, ’twas important to begin by convertin’ the King.

third-person singular of “hear” — perceive (sound) via the auditory sense

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading Now Patrick, bein’ a gintleman and the guest of King Laeghaire at Tara, could not turn himself loose on mimbers of the King’s own household.

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

where you live at a particular time

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

a social unit living together

From this reading Now Patrick, bein’ a gintleman and the guest of King Laeghaire at Tara, could not turn himself loose on mimbers of the King’s own household.

a material effigy that is worshipped

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

plural of “idol” — a material effigy that is worshipped

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading All the same, if he was to clane up Ireland, Druids, snakes an’ all, ’twas important to begin by convertin’ the King.

an iconic mental representation

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

of great significance or value

From this reading All the same, if he was to clane up Ireland, Druids, snakes an’ all, ’twas important to begin by convertin’ the King.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921

From this reading All the same, if he was to clane up Ireland, Druids, snakes an’ all, ’twas important to begin by convertin’ the King.

plural of “job” — the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

possessive form of “king” — a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

the collection of rules imposed by authority

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

not compact or dense in structure or arrangement

From this reading Now Patrick, bein’ a gintleman and the guest of King Laeghaire at Tara, could not turn himself loose on mimbers of the King’s own household.

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From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

any art that invokes supernatural powers

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

plural of “magician” — someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

battles in World War II in the Pacific (November 1943); United States Marines took the islands from the Japanese after bitter fighting

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

third-person singular of “marry” — take in marriage

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

having or showing great strength or force or intensity

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading Now Patrick, bein’ a gintleman and the guest of King Laeghaire at Tara, could not turn himself loose on mimbers of the King’s own household.

characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

as follows

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

immediately following in time or order

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Now Patrick, bein’ a gintleman and the guest of King Laeghaire at Tara, could not turn himself loose on mimbers of the King’s own household.

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading Now Patrick, bein’ a gintleman and the guest of King Laeghaire at Tara, could not turn himself loose on mimbers of the King’s own household.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _By_ CURTIS DUNHAM AUTHOR OF “THE GOLDEN GOBLIN,” ETC.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Now Patrick, bein’ a gintleman and the guest of King Laeghaire at Tara, could not turn himself loose on mimbers of the King’s own household.

moving to a position on a surface

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

To move from a closed position.

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

have ownership or possession of

From this reading Now Patrick, bein’ a gintleman and the guest of King Laeghaire at Tara, could not turn himself loose on mimbers of the King’s own household.

one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

Apostle and patron saint of Ireland; an English missionary to Ireland in the 5th century

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

possessive form of “patrick” — Apostle and patron saint of Ireland; an English missionary to Ireland in the 5th century

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

a point located with respect to surface features of some region

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

plural of “poem” — a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold)

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

plural of “priest” — a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

third-person singular of “recite” — recite in elocution

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

plural of “run” — a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

Identical; not different.

From this reading All the same, if he was to clane up Ireland, Druids, snakes an’ all, ’twas important to begin by convertin’ the King.

plural of “see” — the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

ruined or disrupted

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

third-person singular of “shatter” — break into many pieces

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

lift onto one's shoulders

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

inflected form of “sleep” — be asleep

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

small or little relative to something else

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

plural of “snake” — limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

From this reading All the same, if he was to clane up Ireland, Druids, snakes an’ all, ’twas important to begin by convertin’ the King.

plural of “spell” — a psychological state induced by (or as if induced by) a magical incantation

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

having strength or power greater than average or expected

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

a village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin); seat of Irish kings until 6th century

From this reading Now Patrick, bein’ a gintleman and the guest of King Laeghaire at Tara, could not turn himself loose on mimbers of the King’s own household.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _By_ CURTIS DUNHAM AUTHOR OF “THE GOLDEN GOBLIN,” ETC.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

in or at that place or location

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

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From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

plural of “torch” — a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense

From this reading Now Patrick, bein’ a gintleman and the guest of King Laeghaire at Tara, could not turn himself loose on mimbers of the King’s own household.

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From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

either of two offspring born at the same time from the same pregnancy

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading All the same, if he was to clane up Ireland, Druids, snakes an’ all, ’twas important to begin by convertin’ the King.

compelling immediate action

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

plural of “virtue” — the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

(of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

how something is done or how it happens

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

a Caucasian

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

which person or people

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

having or prompted by wisdom or discernment

From this reading There was the chief royal wizard, Lochru by name, an’ two other divil-sint Druid priests, namely Caplait an’ Lucat-Moel, who hild the graft of makin’ wise haythins of Ethne the Fair an’ Fedelm the Ruddy, the King’s two daughters an’ the twin apples of his eye; an’ between the three of thim, with the King lookin’ their way wan day an’ Patrick’s way the next, the spells of wind an’ water an’ black magic the good Patrick had to circumvint were sure a caution.

in the company of; together with

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

be worried, concerned, anxious, troubled, or uneasy

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Grotto and Image of Wurra-Wurra _Frontispiece_ _Facing page_ Patrick casting down Cromm Cruach and the twelve smaller idols 12 Keth, Patrick’s Strong Man, describing to Finola the virtues of his handstone 20 Keth Mac Maragh in the bog, beset by the wizard spells of Lochru 38 Keth recites the Brehon Law to Dubthach Mac na Lugair and his debtor 44 Dubthach, the Royal Shanachy, driving home the price of his poems 48 Far down Glanngalt Keth sees the torches flaming about the Grotto of Wurra-Wurra 52 With his mighty handstone, defying Lochru, Keth shatters the idol Wurra-Wurra 62 Finola runs to Keth and delivers an urgent message from Patrick 64 Keth, in the shattered idol’s place, hears Finola’s great worry 76 Patrick marries and blesses Keth and Finola of the White Shoulder 78 ’Twas in the days whin the good Patrick of Armagh slept with wan eye open, owin’ to the murderous desire of a bunch of haythin magicians to hang onto their jobs at the court of King Laeghaire.