4 -St- Patrick. 



and derisively offer Wallace permission to 

 catch more. The upshot of the affair is 

 that five of his opponents attack Wallace, 

 who kills three of them ; the other two 

 escape, and complain to Lord Percy, who 

 inquires how many were their adversaries. 



" The Lord speirit, ' How mony might they be ? ' 

 ' We saw but ane, that has discomfist us all.' 

 Then leughhe loud, and said, ' Foul mot you fall ! 

 Sin' ane you all has put to confusion." 



And scornfully declines to have Wallace 

 pursued. 



ST. PATRICK AND FISH AND SNAKE 

 STORIES. 



Ireland has not contributed very largely 

 to the literature of angling, although from 

 a song quoted by Blakey, written nearly a 

 hundred years ago by an angler of Trinity 

 College, Dublin, it would seem that St. 

 Patrick was an angler. He sings : 



" No doubt, St. Patrick was an angler 



Of credit and renown, sir, 

 And many shining trout he caught 



Ere he built Dublin town, sir. 

 And story says (it tells no lies) 



He fish'd with bait and line, sir ; 

 At every throw he had a bite 



Which tugg'd and shook the twine, sir. 



In troubl'd streams he lov'd to fish ; 

 Then salmon could not see, sir; 



