10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCALD-CROW»
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scald-crow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
scald-crow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Kilkenny; the ancient city of Ossory, the seat of its kings, ...
SCALD CROW'S CROSS. In a Corporation rental of the year 1621, Patrick Archer
and Thomas Archer pay one shilling and four pence each for his half of the tithes
of " Querryboy." This was the name of the part of Upper Walkin-street, reaching ...
2
Hero's Song: The First Song of Eirren
He waved his hands at the scald-crow. Collun clutched Talisen's shoulder tighdy.
"Stop," he whispered. "Something is wrong." "What? You mean it's injured?" "No.
There is... danger. I'm sure of it." Talisen laughed. "You're in a state, aren't you?
3
The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
(I 4) 58¢] SCALD, see Scold. SCALDACHAN, sb. Sc. Cf. scaldy, 2. Ari. Like a
sparrow's scaldachan I'm gosping night and day! CovaLLs Vernacularhflgg) 7.
SCALD-CROW, so. Irel. Also in forms acall- Mum; acalte-croow,acau1te-crouw
Vlhrf.1 ...
With another scald-crow chuckle she turned to Casey. " Did your father ever tell
you of the great hunt out of Killoge into the Fanaghy cliffs? " " He did, your
ladyship, he did ! " responded Casey, with a touch of life in his lamentable voice.
Edith Œnone Somerville, Martin Ross, 1919
5
Irish Witchcraft from an Irish Witch
Badbh appears in the form of a carrion, hooded or scald crow most often, and is
also described as “red- mouthed,” perhaps due to the open-mouthed screeching
over the battlefield. She is known as Badbh Chatha (pron. Bive Kah-Ha), which ...
... grandmother, “but it is not in the middle of my straw, my meal, my buttermilk, my
firewood, and anything else of mine that can be pilfered for the uses of a kennel!"
S'he concluded with a chuckle that might have been uttered by a scald-crow.
7
Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Science
In the Irish mythological tracts a well-marked distinction is observable between
the attributes of the scald-crow and those of the raven ; the scald-crow, or cornix,
being represented in the written as in the spoken traditions of the country, not ...
... grandmother, “but it is not in the middle of my straw, my meal. my buttermilk, my
firewood, and anything else of mine that can be pilfered for the uses of a kennel!”
She concluded with a chuckle that might have been uttered by a scald-crow.
Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, 1913
9
Denmark and Scotland: The Cultural and Environmental ...
According to Magnus Olsen, the Darradarljod exerted influence on Krdkumdl, a
heroic skaldic poem cast in the form of a death-lay for the legendary hero
Ragnarr lodbrok (whose wife Aslaug was also known as Kraka, i.e. 'scald-crow',
whence ...
Gillian Fellows Jensen, 2001
10
Prophecy of Berchán: Irish and Scottish High-kings of the ...
154-155) with the claim that Causantin was driven from the throne by "the red-
limbed one" who is clearly the "red scald-crow" (st. 157) Mael Coluim mac
Domnaill. Causantin abdicated circa 943, and the poem's statement that he
would be ...
