The Works of "FIONA MACLEOD"
UNIFORM EDITION
ARRANGED BY
MRS. WILLIAM SHARP

VOLUME II

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THE SIN-EATER
THE
WASHER OF THE FORD
AND
OTHER LEGENDARY MORALITIES
BY
"FIONA MACLEOD"
(WILLIAM SHARP)

LONDON
WILLIAM HEINEMANN

TO
GEORGE MEREDITH
IN GRATITUDE AND HOMAGE
AND BECAUSE HE IS

PRINCE OF CELTDOM

THE TROW PRESS, NEW YORK

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CONTENTS

The Tales marked * were not included
in the original editions of THE SIN-EATER
or of THE WASHER OF THE FORD

THE SIN-EATER

PROLOGUE-FROM IONA
THE SIN-EATER
THE NINTH WAVE
THE JUDGMENT O' GOD
THE HARPING OF CRAVETHEEN
SILK O' THE KINE
*ULA AND URLA

THE WASHER OF THE FORD

PROLOGUE
LEGENDARY MORALITIES:
THE WASHER OF THE FORD
ST. BRIDE OF THE ISLES
THE FISHER OF MEN
THE LAST SUPPER
THE DARK NAMELESS ONE
THE THREE MARVELS OF Hy
* THE WOMAN WITH THE NET

Contents

CATHAL OF THE WOODS

SEANACHAS:
The word "Seanachas" means either
traditionary  lore or the "telling of tales
     of olden time,"
and it is in this sense that it is used here.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE