Whose impudence deserves the rod
For having aped the Muse’s god.
Chalcographomania.
Ireland (The Fair Maid of), the ignis fatuus.
He had read ... of ... the ignis fatuus, ... by some called “Will-with-the-whisp” or “Jack-with-the-lantern,” and likewise ... “The Fair Maid of Ireland.”—R. Johnson, The Seven Champions of Christendom, i. 7. (1617).
Ireland’s Three Saints. The three great saints of Ireland are St. Patrick, St. Columb, and St. Bridget.
Ireland’s Three Tragedies: (1) The Death of the Children of Touran; (2) The Death of the Children of Lir; and (3) The Death of the Children of Usnach.—O’Flannagan, Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Dublin, i.
Irem (The Garden of), mentioned in the Korân, lxxxix. It was the most beautiful of all earthly paradises, laid out for Shedad´, king of Ad; but no sooner was it finished than it was struck with the lightning-wand of the death-angel, and was never after visible to the eye of man.
The paradise of Irem this ...
A garden more surpassing fair