CHAPTER VII.

Superstitions of the grove--Concerning the oak--The ash--The mountain ash--The aspen--The pine--The holly--The ivy--The hawthorn--The blackthorn--The rose--The fern--The fairy flax--The hazel 88

APPENDIX A.

Conversant with the O'Briens--Bryan Boroimhe--His descendants Kings of Thomond--and their descendants Lords of Inchiquin, junior branch of Kings of Thomond--Marshal MacMahon--Also junior branch, O'Briens of Ballynalacken 105

APPENDIX B.

Statistics of Aran 110

THE SOUTH ISLES OF ARAN.