EVIL INTENTIONS FRUSTRATED. 177 



God and God's Son, could not be the " evil " old woman they had 

 thought her. Awed and impressed, silently and on tip-toe, they 

 departed for their homes, leaving the old woman in peace. By-and- 

 by things went well again with the cattle of the hamlet, sickness 

 disappeared from the district, and the old woman continued to live 

 the same quiet, unobtrusive life a few years longer, and was as 

 much respected and loved latterly, the story says, as she was at one 

 time hated and feared. Nor did she ever know of the young men's 

 midnight visit to her hut on an errand so happily frustrated. 



The following are a couple of very excellent " toimliseachan " 

 that were sent us a few days ago. Finding the correct solutions 

 will afford some amusement to our Gaelic readers during the first 

 idle half -hour — 



CM mi, cM mi tliar an eas, 



Fear cruaidh, colgarra glas, 



Cirb do Idine sios niu leis, 



'S ceum an cirinnaich fo chois. 



A mhuc a mliarbh mi 'n uiridh 

 Blia uirceanan aice am bliadima. 



