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and overturn stools in apparent unconsciousness of the fact that these ar 
occupied. Finally some one produces a broom, which is laid upon the 
floor, when the lovers jump over it and ar then pronounced man and wife. 
This, by the way, is familiarly known as a tinker’s wedding. The honey- 
moon lasts about two minutes, when there is a family quarrel, and the 
wife brings down the broom over the shoulders of her husband, who 
takes refuge behind one of the benches, followd by his enraged partner, 
who rains down blows alike on the just and on the unjust, so that there 
is a general scattering until she finally chases him out of the room. 
In Ceannach na G-caora (cénakh na gera) or ‘‘The Purchase of the 
Sheep”’ the ‘‘sheep”’ sit down in a row on the floor, one behind another, 
each one with his feet projecting beyond the one in front, who holds them 
firmly against his side. The owner of the sheep then enters accompanied 
by the prospectiv buyer, who carries a stout stick. The purchaser pro- 
ceeds to examin the sheep to see if they ar sound, which he does by tap- 
ping them on the head with the stick and blowing into their eyes, while 
he judges of the quality of the wool by pulling out liberal handfuls of 
hair. Those who ar posted on the game ar let off easily, but the others, 
especially any who ar disliked by the crowd, pay dearly for the fun, 
while all the struggles of the victim ar ineffectual because his feet ar 
held by his neighbor. At last having bought the sheep the purchaser 
brands them by drawing a line of soot over their faces, but for fear that 
should rub off he puts his earmarks upon them by pinching their ears in 
an instrument of torture made by breaking the stick nearly in two in the 
middle until the two parts close back upon each other like a hinge. The 
buyer then discovers that he has not money enough and asks some one to 
‘pail’? him. Should any looker-on be so innocent as to volunteer his 
help, he is seizd and held while the creditor exacts payment with a stick 
or a pin according to the amount of the debt. Finally the victims ar 
releasd and chase their tormentors over the fields, as already described. 
Another game, known in the east as ‘‘ Priest of the Parish,’ is known also 
in the west under the Gaelic equivalent Sagart a Prarrdiste (Sogarth a 
Frawsheha), but as the formula in both causes isin English, the game j 
probably of late introduction in the west and may be of foreign orig 
altogether. The ‘‘ priest’ sometimes puts on a wig or a gown of some kind 
to ad dignity to his appearance. Another of the players is calld ‘‘Man 
Jack,’’ while the rest take such names as White Cap, Black Cap, Blue 
Cap, Cabbage Cap, and so on. On entering the room the priest stands 
before the players and recites the formula : 
‘I’m the priest of the parish, 
That lost my 'sidherin’* cap— 
Some say this and some say that, 
But I say my Man Jack.’’ 
Man Jack instantly asks, ‘‘ What, me, sir?’’ 
5 Yes, yOu, sit. 
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