The Uí Chorra’s Jester
Author: James Carney
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p. 246.
1. ‘Sad is that O descendants of Corra on the depths of the blue
ocean; O Lord and God from heaven, what makes you sad?’
2. ‘This is the reason of our being downcast, O little bird in the
boat, that the little jester that was in our company has been snatched
by an unknown death.’
3. ‘I am your good jester; I have come to you in the form of a bird;
just now have I come from heaven, so that for God’s sake you be
not sorrowful.’
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