BLON´DINA, the mother of Fairstar and two boys at one birth. She was the wife of a king, but the queen-mother hated her, and taking away the three babes substituted three puppies. Ultimately her children were restored to her, and the queen-mother with her accomplices were duly punished.--Comtesse D'Aunoy, _Fairy Tales_ ("Princess Fairstar," 1682). BLOOD (_Colonel Thomas_), emissary of the duke of Buckingham (1628-1680), introduced by sir W. Scott in _Peveril of the Peak_, a novel (time, Charles II.). BLOODS (_The Five_): (1) The O'Neils of Ulster; (2) the O'Connors of Connaught; (3) the O'Brians of Thomond; (4) the O'Lachlans of Meath; and (5) the M'Murroughs of Leinster. These are the five principal septs or families of Ireland, and all not belonging to one of these five septs are accounted aliens or enemies, and could "neither sue nor be sued," even down to the reign of Elizabeth. William Fitz-Roger, being arraigned (4th Edward II.) for the murder of Roger de Cantilon, pleads that he was not guilty of felony, because his victim was not of "free blood," _i.e._ one of the "five bloods of Ireland." The plea is admitted by the jury to be good. BLOODY (_The_), Otho II. emperor of Germany (955, 973-983). BLOODY-BONES, a bogie. As bad as Bloody-bones or Lunsford (_i.e._ sir Thomas Lunsford, governor of the Tower, the dread of every one).--S. Butler, _Hudibras_. BLOODY BROTHER (_The_), a tragedy by Beaumont and Fletcher (1639). The "bloody brother" is Rollo duke of Normandy, who kills his brother Otto and several other persons, but is himself killed ultimately by Hamond captain of the guard. BLOODY BUTCHER (_The_), the duke of Cumberland, second son of George II., so called from his barbarities in the suppression of the rebellion in favor of Charles Edward, the young pretender. "Black Clifford" was also called "The Butcher" for his cruelties (died 1461). BLOODY HAND, Cathal, an ancestor of the O'Connors of Ireland. BLOODY MARY, queen Mary of England, daughter of Henry VIII. and elder half-sister of queen Elizabeth. So called on account of the sanguinary persecutions carried on by her government against the protestants. It is said that 200 persons were burned to death in her short reign (1516,1553-1558). BLOOMFIELD (_Louisa_), a young lady engaged to lord Totterly the beau of sixty, but in love with Charles Danvers the embryo barrister.--C. Selby, _The Unfinished Gentleman_. BLOUNT (_Nicholas_), afterwards knighted; master of the horse to the earl of Sussex. --Sir W. Scott, _Kenilworth_ (time, Elizabeth).