65 15. "It is quite true that the world sees many a one come and go." C«}t -oe, to get rid of, to pass from one's hands. 16. "I had almost forgotten to ask." 17. " There is no one who could stir a foot but would go to see the fvm, to hear the beautiful songs, and to look on at a fine bout of Irish dancing." 18. " It is very cheering to one's spirits to go there." •DeunAtin [TJo-jni] fé cÓ5t)Áil A|t mo cjioi-oe, it cheers up my spirits. The Irish is much stronger than the English. 19. " Declaiming the story of the Adventures of Death." The name of a well-known piece by Denn. 20. ** Stretched on his side out in front of him, with his head sup- ported by his hand. The Irish ^definition I got was t)eic fince A] no leAC-cliAtÁin, -oo tiillinn [uitle] ^úr, Ajuf ■oo bAif VÁ x>o ceAnn. 21. *' It would make you feel sad when he used to ask Death in such a down-hearted way for a respite." 'OiomACjioi-o- CAc, dispirited, may be a form of x)ut)c]toi-DeAc. See S. C. riA n"0., p. 82, where the x> is reported as broad. 22. That is, about a mile away. Strange though it seem, the dramatic representation of the dialogue between Death and the Sinner merely moved to laughter, not, of course, the laughter of ridicule. The people were amused at the thought that anyone should be allowed to plead with Death. 23. " Others said that it was not Death that was there, but that probably it was like him (i.e., that the actor who took the part of Death, behaved as Death really does), for a man is wrestling with Death for a certain length of time," 24. "It is probable that there is some explanation ior it," i.e., for the usual length of the last struggle for life. During this time, it is suggested, the real dialogue with Death takes place. The following Irish note on the sentence, If cofiTiAil 50 mbionn cúif éigin Leip was given to me in reply to the question cat) teif ? Aí^ f ai-d bionn ah -ouine A5 iom|tAX) leif An mbÁf. riÁn Aijiij cú jiiAni 50 •ocAjinAitijijeAnn An -ouine cfi put no c]ii optiA pé [fuL] bpAJAi-ó fé bÁp? -Agup on tJAi|i -oo UAiiitAinjeocAX) pé An ceu-o put 50 "oci 50 'orAHjtAineócA'ó pe An put "oéit)e- AUAc, -oo cfópeÁ reAtigA An -ouine aj coinunje Ajup é aj; 505IÁ1I ipri5 in A ceAnn, mA] -oo bcAX) pe -o'lApf aitj CAinr ■DO -oeunAiri. 25. "When the stage tumbled right over." ScAfAl is Keating's word for stage, cluice for play. 26. " For fear that anything had befallen him." 27. ** This stage won't save the hay for us."
