THE KILTARTAN WONDER BOOK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: HE CAME DOWN SPREAD-LEGS ON A MULE.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE KILTARTAN WONDER BOOK BY LADY GREGORY ILLUSTRATED BY MARGARET GREGORY MAUNSEL & CO. LTD. 96 MIDDLE ABBEY STREET DUBLIN. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To R. G. G. A Kiltartan Child ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS PAGE THE MULE 1 BESWARRAGAL 8 THE SEVEN FISHERS 22 SHAWNEEN 31 THE MAN THAT SERVED THE SEA 52 THE BULLOCKEEN 59 THE THREE SONS 66 KING SOLOMON 75 THE ROBINEEN 79 THE BALL OF THREAD 85 THE HORSE AND FOAL 89 THE WOMAN THAT WAS A GREAT FOOL 91 THE DANES 94 CAILLEAC-NA-CEARC 97 THE GOATS 100 THE CURIOUS WOMAN 102 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ILLUSTRATIONS HE CAME DOWN SPREAD-LEGS ON A MULE _Frontispiece_ THE KING WAS HID IN THE YELLOW EGG _Facing page_ 6 BESWARRAGAL AND HER MAIDENS BATHE 10 BESWARRAGAL AND THE MAN WITH WINGS 18 IT IS IN THAT FOX CROAGCILL’S LIFE WAS 28 A GENTLEMAN’S DEMESNE AND WALLS ABOUT IT 34 THE BLACK BULLOCKEEN DIES 64 THE THIRD THING I’LL BE TAKING IS YOURSELF 76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE MULE Well, I will tell you the story of a Mule was in the world one time, says the old man who had promised me a codfish and had only brought me a hake.