THE
WASHER OF THE FORD
LEGENDARY MORALITIES
AND BARBARIC TALES

BY FIONA MACLEOD

NEW YORK
STONE & KIMBALL
M DCCC XCVI

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

Pharais: A Romance of the Isles
The Mountain Lovers: A Romance
The Sin-Eater

IN PREPARATION:

Green Fire: A Romance
Lyric Rimes and Founsheen

		PAGE
Prologue		[3]
The Washer of the Ford		[25]
St. Bride of the Isles		[51]
The Fisher of Men		[97]
The Last Supper		[117]
The Dark Nameless One		[135]
The Three Marvels of Hy		[149]
I.	The Festival of the Birds	[151]
II.	The Sabbath of the Fishes and the Flies	[161]
III.	The Moon-Child	[170]
The Annir-Choille		[183]
The Shadow-Seers		[237]
I.	The Sight	[239]
II.	The Dark Hour of Fergus	[244]
III.	The White Fever	[254]
IV.	The Smoothing of the Hand	[260]
Seanachas		[267]
The Song of the Sword		[271]
The Flight of the Culdees		[289]
Mircath		[301]
The Laughter of Scathach the Queen		[309]
Ula and Urla		[321]

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