1888. ] 27 5 {Mooney . 
Is mait* ata frios agamsa an la t'asduig*ead* tu uaimsce— 
Ld na cuiginne brisead* agus do b'uailead’, 
Ldn lion a e*uir a g’crioc* go luat’ d-am, 
Lé na bairg'eana léat‘ad* agus do s*uait‘ead*, 
La mo e'uid eudag* néatac’ truarad’, 
Agus lé mo b*dis mo’edn cruad: t'u !—Ullagén !* 
Which may be thus rendered : 
You wer beautiful to me standing and you wer beautiful to me sitting, 
And you wer fair and rosy in the king’s market, 
When selling your produce and receiving your rents. 
When you came home you wer not fighting and quarreling 
But taking your child and turning it on your bosom.—Ullagon ! 
Often hay I seen the son’s wife and the mother-in-law 
Eying each other as a cat watches a mous; 
Not thus was I and my Hundred Loves, 
Our desires were in unison ; 
Our bounty went together. 
My sorrow that you hay died so soon, 
Before your fame had gon through the length of Ireland! Ullagén! 
Wel I know the day I shal want you! 
The day of the churning, to break and to beat (the cream) ; 
The day of the flax, to prepare it speedily for me; 
The day of the cake, spreading and kneading it ; 
The day of my clothing,} neatly bleaching it— 
And the day of my death my hard sigh wil be for you! Ullagén! 
THE WAKE GAMES, 
We come now toa very ‘different phase of the wake ceremonies—the 
games indulged in by the younger portion of the company. Funeral 
games and feasts wer known to the Greeks and other nations of antiquity, 
* Pronouuced in Kerry : 
Bit yds lum a chiisaw’ hu dgus bu yds lum a thee hu, 
Sbt yol-dhtrag er woraga’n ree ghuith, 
A dheel dho khuij dra’ sa gloica dhé khyeesa. 
Nur-a hdnic thu a wola neer hréj dgus neer breen duith, 
Okh braeh er dho linaw’ bgus ae khdsa er a khyeen ghudh. 
Iss minic’a khitnicsa ban mic dgus mawhar caela 
Mur vy’ tikh coth ogus liikh er aeg a khyaela ; 
ve mur shoodh-a veensha bgus mo khyaedh-shore. 
Dhé veeh awr dhel dhé ghul a khaela ; 
Dhé veeh awr nan-yakh ag imakhth a naenakhth. 
Shae mo khruathan er luaha aegish 
G6 jaekh dho huarasg er fidh na Haeran ! 
Iss moh a thaw’s 6gamsa an law hasthoe thu wimsha— 
Law na cuiginya, brisha dgus dhé woala, 
Law’n leen, akhuir agreeh gd lua ghum, 
Law na béréna laha dgus adhd huha, 
Law mo khuij aedhig naetha huara, 
Ogus law m6 wawsh mo ’khawn crua hu. 
+ The day when the newly-woyen linen is spread out to bleach. 
