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"Laech-dich, son of Bresal, and his land, shall belong to the young boy bearing the satchel," said Patrick, "one of thy own people i.e., Mac Nisse of Condere and to one not born yet i.e., Senan of Inis-Altich. Thy merit in heaven will be illustrious." Saran's guilt it was that was here laid upon Bishop Olcan.
The most prominent are Strix, Puck, Söndags-Nisse, Kasper and Nya Nisse. They are small and comparatively insignificant, and sell for two and one-half cents a copy. They satirize politicians with good humor, and their cartoons are based upon current events.
This proposition was unanimously approved, and the Junker was invited to share in the peril and glory of the undertaking. Who does not know at least by name the Nisse, the being whose waggeries almost all bear the stamp of good-humoured frolic? Who has not heard tell of his little rotund figure and his red Jacobin cap, the symbol of unrestricted liberty?
Once indeed they even got a glimpse of the portentous red cap, and afterwards took great care to meddle no farther in the concerns of the Nisse, a very prudent resolve.
The gardener from time to time missed some of his choicest flowers, or several of the largest and ripest peaches; but, what was most wonderful, these were often found in the morning in Fröken Mette's chamber, whence it was reasonably concluded that the lady stood high in the good graces of the beforementioned Nisse.
The moon was behind us and the Brunhilda was like a swanboat sailing down with the moonlight sending her, ja. "I heard my Freda say: 'I see a nisse coming down the track of the moon. And I hear her mother laugh, low, like a mother does when her Yndling dreams. I was happy that night with my Helma and my Freda, and the Brunhilda sailing like a swan-boat, ja.
Hormayr, OEsterreichischer Plutarch, oder Leben und Bild nisse, &c. Of the other six Kaisers not Hapsburgers we are bound to mention one, and dwell a little on his fortunes and those of the family he founded; both Brandenburg and our Hohenzollerns coming to be much connected therewith, as time went on.
Who knows not that the house he chooses as a dwelling, is perfectly safe from fire and other calamities? The Nisse is a true blessing to the habitation that he honours with his presence; it is secure against fire, storms, and thieves, who, then, would take so greatly amiss the little fellow's gambols?
I heard the child say, 'The nisse comes fast! And then I heard a scream from my Helma, a great scream like a mare when her foal is torn from her. I spun around fast, ja! I dropped the wheel and spun fast! I saw " He covered his eyes with his hands. The Portuguese had crept close to me, and I heard him panting like a frightened dog.
A woman that died of ague; she was brought across the sea to Eriu, and the child was born after death; and seven days, it is said, it lived in the tumulus. Patrick baptized him; and he is Bishop Olcan, of the community of Airther-Maighe, in the district of Dal-Riada. And Mac Nisse; of Condere, read his psalms with Patrick. . . . Patrick received welcome in the district from Erc's twelve sons.
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