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Ireland.
from the pride of the peacocks . ( Renewed laughter . ) I will now Worshipful Master give you "The Health of Brother peacocke . " It was very well received , and responded to by Bro . Peacocke , who also favoured the brethren with a deli ghtful song . Bro . Pragnoll ' s health was then proposed , to which he responded in very suitable terms . Bro . Bassett ' s health was proposed bBroJoyceand
suiy . , tably responded to . Bro . BASSETT proposed " The Health of Bro . Captain Morgan , J . W ., " which was responded to by Bro . MAONAY ' . Bro . Spink ' s health was proposed , aud cordially received . Bro . SPINK saicl : It is the first time since I came to Ireland that I have entered a Masonic lodge , and I must fairly say that this lodge appears to have all the elements of good government .
The bretliren enjoy peace , love , and harmony to an eminent degree from what I have seen . I hope , if I take up my abode here , to join your lodge , if permitted to attain to that honour . Bro . Carey ' s health , also Bro . T . G . Glover , P . M ., was given , warmly received , ancl eloquently responded to . Bro . Horrel ' s health was subsequently proposed and responded to in a suitable speech . Bro . Koana contributed very much to the harmony of the
evening , displaying the greatest possible taste in the selection of airs , which he rendered with much appreciaiiveness . Bro . MaeNay being called on favoured the company with a most touching recitation , which gratified the company very much . Bro . Variesbeek sang a much admired French song . After spending a most delightful evening , the brethren dispersed at a late hour , not however without considering their poor and distressed brethren all over the world .
Poetry.
Poetry .
PICTURES OF MEMORY . AJtoycf the beautiful pictures That hang on Memory's wall , Is one of a dim old forest , Thatseometh tho bast of all .
Not for its gnarled oaks olden , Dark with the mistletoe , Mot for the violets golden , That sprinkle the vale below ; Not for the milk-white lilies , That lean from tho fragrant hedge , Coquetting all clay with the sunbeams , And stealing their golden edge ;
Not for the vines on the upland , Where the bright red berries rest , axhr tho pink , nor the pale sweet cowslip , It seerneth to mo the best .
I once had a little brother , With eyes that were dark and deep ; In the lap of that old dim forest He lieth in peace asleep ; Light as the down ofthe thistle , Free as the winds that blow , AVe roved there the beautiful
summers—The summers of long ago ; But his feet on the hills grew weary , Ancl , one of the autumn eves , I made for my little brother A bed of yellow leaves .
Sweetly bis pale arms folded My neck in a meek embrace , As the light of immortal beauty Silently covered his face ; And when the arrows of sunset Lodged in the tree-tops bright , He fell in his saint-like beaut
y , Asleep hy the gates of light ; Therefore , of all the pictures That bang on Memory's wall , The one of tho dim old forest Seoineth the best of all . A .. C .
Literary Extracts.
LITERARY EXTRACTS .
ANTAGONISTIC EACES . —The Jew would not bend in spirit . In dress , in costume , and in character , the native and the stranger wore as rivals and offenders'to each other ; forbidden by law , and by habit Avhich is stronger than law , to eat of tho same dish , to drink of tbe same cup , to lie on . the same bed , to walk Avith the same staff
A jar , a knife , a sack which a stranger touched with bis fingers became in the eyes of a Jew unclean . This dark and unsocial spirit bad no existence among the blithe and radiant Greeks ; it was a Jewish feeling , based on what tbe Separatist imagine to be bis sacred law ! But in order that two men shall not come together , it is only
required that one shall fly from tbe other . A dozen generations of Greeks and Jews bad lived in tbe same Avadies of Galilee , and the people bad gi'OAvn no nearer in love and fellowship than they Avere in tbe day Avhen one side was red with triumph and tbe othcrcrusbed by defeat . Ivor was a change in their relations likely to come about
as long as tbe empire of Jewish law should last . How could it come to pass in a nation of Separatists ? A Jew could not sleep in a Greek city ; a Syrian was not suffered to enter a Hebrew door . Speaking , then , in a broad Avay of this mixed population of Galilee , it may be said that tho Greeks lived in Availed cities , the Jews in open towns , the Syrians in huts and sheds , tbe Arabs in nomadic
tents . —The Jlohj Land , by " VY " . Hepwortb Dixon . SUEEBSTITTTIOXS . —It is deemed unfortunate to meet a solitary magpie . An old college friend of mine invariably took off bis hat Avhen one crossed the road , to propitiate tbe ill-omened bird ; and a lady of my acquaintance to this daj ' , under similar circumstances , makes a cross on tbe ground with her foot to Avard off the threatened illluck . AVhen I Avas a child I AY as a good deal troubled with Avarts , and my old nurso , a Kentish woman , directed
me to watch tbe opportunity when a funeral was passing , then Avetting tbe forefinger with saliva to rub the Avart three times in the same direction , saying on each occasion , "My wart go with yon , " taking care that the incantation was unobserved . I cannot , however , bear testimony to its sucess . An old blacksmith in Cheshire lamented to me the other day the ill-success which attended bis
beerkeeping ever since the death of his wife , attributing it to bis having neglected to turn tbe hives round Avhen that event occurred . Hero Ave see the union of two superstitions ; tbe ill-luck said to attend upon not informing the hives of tbe death , and the still commoner superstition , that by turning your chair round you change your fortune at cards . The same man refused to sell me a
hive . I have been told in Lancashire , that ab midnight on Christmas Eve the cows fall on their knees , and the bees hum the Hundredth Psalm . I am unwilling to destroy the poetry of these old superstitions , but their origin can , I think be accounted for . Cows , , as it is Avell known , on rising from the ground get up on their knees first ; and a person going into tbe " shippon" at midnight
ivould , no doubt , disturb the occupants , and by the time be looked round , they would all be rising on their knees . The buzzing ofthe bees , too , might easily be formed into a tunc ; and , with Hundredth Psalm running in the bead of the listener , fancy ivould supply tho rest . In the North Riding of Yorkshire , at the birth of the first child , the first slice of the " sickening cake" is cut into small pieces
by tbe medical man , to be used by the unmarried as dreaming-bread . Each takes a piece , places it in tbe foot of the left stocking , and throws it over the rig ht shoulder . She must retire to and get into bed back-ways without speaking , and if she falls asleep before twelve o ' clock , her future partner will appear in her dream . —Notes and Queries .
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Ireland.
from the pride of the peacocks . ( Renewed laughter . ) I will now Worshipful Master give you "The Health of Brother peacocke . " It was very well received , and responded to by Bro . Peacocke , who also favoured the brethren with a deli ghtful song . Bro . Pragnoll ' s health was then proposed , to which he responded in very suitable terms . Bro . Bassett ' s health was proposed bBroJoyceand
suiy . , tably responded to . Bro . BASSETT proposed " The Health of Bro . Captain Morgan , J . W ., " which was responded to by Bro . MAONAY ' . Bro . Spink ' s health was proposed , aud cordially received . Bro . SPINK saicl : It is the first time since I came to Ireland that I have entered a Masonic lodge , and I must fairly say that this lodge appears to have all the elements of good government .
The bretliren enjoy peace , love , and harmony to an eminent degree from what I have seen . I hope , if I take up my abode here , to join your lodge , if permitted to attain to that honour . Bro . Carey ' s health , also Bro . T . G . Glover , P . M ., was given , warmly received , ancl eloquently responded to . Bro . Horrel ' s health was subsequently proposed and responded to in a suitable speech . Bro . Koana contributed very much to the harmony of the
evening , displaying the greatest possible taste in the selection of airs , which he rendered with much appreciaiiveness . Bro . MaeNay being called on favoured the company with a most touching recitation , which gratified the company very much . Bro . Variesbeek sang a much admired French song . After spending a most delightful evening , the brethren dispersed at a late hour , not however without considering their poor and distressed brethren all over the world .
Poetry.
Poetry .
PICTURES OF MEMORY . AJtoycf the beautiful pictures That hang on Memory's wall , Is one of a dim old forest , Thatseometh tho bast of all .
Not for its gnarled oaks olden , Dark with the mistletoe , Mot for the violets golden , That sprinkle the vale below ; Not for the milk-white lilies , That lean from tho fragrant hedge , Coquetting all clay with the sunbeams , And stealing their golden edge ;
Not for the vines on the upland , Where the bright red berries rest , axhr tho pink , nor the pale sweet cowslip , It seerneth to mo the best .
I once had a little brother , With eyes that were dark and deep ; In the lap of that old dim forest He lieth in peace asleep ; Light as the down ofthe thistle , Free as the winds that blow , AVe roved there the beautiful
summers—The summers of long ago ; But his feet on the hills grew weary , Ancl , one of the autumn eves , I made for my little brother A bed of yellow leaves .
Sweetly bis pale arms folded My neck in a meek embrace , As the light of immortal beauty Silently covered his face ; And when the arrows of sunset Lodged in the tree-tops bright , He fell in his saint-like beaut
y , Asleep hy the gates of light ; Therefore , of all the pictures That bang on Memory's wall , The one of tho dim old forest Seoineth the best of all . A .. C .
Literary Extracts.
LITERARY EXTRACTS .
ANTAGONISTIC EACES . —The Jew would not bend in spirit . In dress , in costume , and in character , the native and the stranger wore as rivals and offenders'to each other ; forbidden by law , and by habit Avhich is stronger than law , to eat of tho same dish , to drink of tbe same cup , to lie on . the same bed , to walk Avith the same staff
A jar , a knife , a sack which a stranger touched with bis fingers became in the eyes of a Jew unclean . This dark and unsocial spirit bad no existence among the blithe and radiant Greeks ; it was a Jewish feeling , based on what tbe Separatist imagine to be bis sacred law ! But in order that two men shall not come together , it is only
required that one shall fly from tbe other . A dozen generations of Greeks and Jews bad lived in tbe same Avadies of Galilee , and the people bad gi'OAvn no nearer in love and fellowship than they Avere in tbe day Avhen one side was red with triumph and tbe othcrcrusbed by defeat . Ivor was a change in their relations likely to come about
as long as tbe empire of Jewish law should last . How could it come to pass in a nation of Separatists ? A Jew could not sleep in a Greek city ; a Syrian was not suffered to enter a Hebrew door . Speaking , then , in a broad Avay of this mixed population of Galilee , it may be said that tho Greeks lived in Availed cities , the Jews in open towns , the Syrians in huts and sheds , tbe Arabs in nomadic
tents . —The Jlohj Land , by " VY " . Hepwortb Dixon . SUEEBSTITTTIOXS . —It is deemed unfortunate to meet a solitary magpie . An old college friend of mine invariably took off bis hat Avhen one crossed the road , to propitiate tbe ill-omened bird ; and a lady of my acquaintance to this daj ' , under similar circumstances , makes a cross on tbe ground with her foot to Avard off the threatened illluck . AVhen I Avas a child I AY as a good deal troubled with Avarts , and my old nurso , a Kentish woman , directed
me to watch tbe opportunity when a funeral was passing , then Avetting tbe forefinger with saliva to rub the Avart three times in the same direction , saying on each occasion , "My wart go with yon , " taking care that the incantation was unobserved . I cannot , however , bear testimony to its sucess . An old blacksmith in Cheshire lamented to me the other day the ill-success which attended bis
beerkeeping ever since the death of his wife , attributing it to bis having neglected to turn tbe hives round Avhen that event occurred . Hero Ave see the union of two superstitions ; tbe ill-luck said to attend upon not informing the hives of tbe death , and the still commoner superstition , that by turning your chair round you change your fortune at cards . The same man refused to sell me a
hive . I have been told in Lancashire , that ab midnight on Christmas Eve the cows fall on their knees , and the bees hum the Hundredth Psalm . I am unwilling to destroy the poetry of these old superstitions , but their origin can , I think be accounted for . Cows , , as it is Avell known , on rising from the ground get up on their knees first ; and a person going into tbe " shippon" at midnight
ivould , no doubt , disturb the occupants , and by the time be looked round , they would all be rising on their knees . The buzzing ofthe bees , too , might easily be formed into a tunc ; and , with Hundredth Psalm running in the bead of the listener , fancy ivould supply tho rest . In the North Riding of Yorkshire , at the birth of the first child , the first slice of the " sickening cake" is cut into small pieces
by tbe medical man , to be used by the unmarried as dreaming-bread . Each takes a piece , places it in tbe foot of the left stocking , and throws it over the rig ht shoulder . She must retire to and get into bed back-ways without speaking , and if she falls asleep before twelve o ' clock , her future partner will appear in her dream . —Notes and Queries .