He soon released his brethren, and great was the joy at the
Round Table when the Knights returned to the banquet.
Thus endeth the chronicle of Sir Tarquin, still a notable tradition in
these parts, the remains of his castle being shown to this day.
FOOTNOTES:
[8] Du-glass, "the becoming, the seemly, green," described by Camden as
"a small brook, running with an easy and still stream;" which conveys a
good idea of the word _Du_. The Du-glass empties itself into the estuary
called by Ptolemy _Bellesama, Belless-aman-e;_ pronounced
Violish-anne,[9] the literal meaning of which is, that the "mouth of the
river only is for ships;" _i.e._, that the rivers which form the haven
are not navigable.--_Chronicles of Eri.--O'Connor._
[9] Ballyshannon is evidently a very slight corruption of this term.
[Illustration: THE GOBLIN BUILDERS.]
THE GOBLIN BUILDERS.
"By well and rills, in meadows green,
We nightly dance our heyday guise;
And to our fairy king and queen
We chant our moonlight minstrelsies.
When larks 'gin sing,
Away we fling,
And babes new-born we steal as we go,
And elf in bed
We leave instead,
And wend us laughing, ho, ho, ho!"--BEN JONSON.
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