| A long | = | a | in | hate |
| A short | = | o | “ | not |
| Ai | = | i | “ | bite |
| Au | = | ow | “ | now |
| E long | = | ai | “ | bait |
| E short | = | e | “ | bet |
| I long | = | ee | “ | beet |
| I short | = | i | “ | bit |
| O long | = | o | “ | note |
| O short | = | o | “ | not |
| U long | = | oo | “ | boot |
| U short | = | u | “ | bull |
| J | = | our J | ||
| H | = | German ch | ||
All other consonants have the same value as ours.
All short vowels are marked with ˘; the long are unmarked.
When the Indian meaning of names is known, I have given it before the present name of the place given by white men. When the name given by white men stands alone, it indicates that the Indian meaning is uncertain or unknown.
Names accented on the penult have no accents printed on them; all others have printed accents.
MYTHS AND FOLK-LORE OF IRELAND.
BY JEREMIAH CURTIN.
With Etched Frontispiece. Crown 8vo. Cloth, gilt top, $2.00.
THE myth tales included in this volume were collected personally by the author, during 1887, in the west of Ireland,—in Kerry, Galway, and Donegal,—and taken down from the mouths of men who, with one or two exceptions, spoke only Gaelic, or but little English and that imperfectly. To this is due the fact that the stories are so well preserved, and not blurred and rendered indistinct, as is the case in places where the ancient Gaelic language, in which they were originally told, has perished.
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