Continuing the bestiary of Ireland theme I present here some excerpts from The History and Topography of Ireland by Giraldus Cambrensis 1185 AD. Aside from the topographical and geographical information it also contains descriptions of such delights as
A woman with a beard and a mane on her back
Duvenaldus, the king of Limerick, had a woman [...]
Including such bestial delights as
Morgawr the Sea Giant
The Things Under the Bed
An Fear Liath Mor - The Grey Man of Ben MacDhui
The Devonshire Black Dog
and the terrifyingly named
Horse-Man of County Louth.
“…a huge horse with a man’s face and horrible bulging eyes…The thing had a horse’s body. But it was the face, leering and hairy and [...]
Right it’s all fixed thank the blessed Jebus for Google cache.
A word to the wise.
Do not play with your blog too much or it will fall off.
Now I go put whiskey in my head.
Almighty cock up with webhost this weekend. Slowly repairing damage. Restoring lost comments soon.
Lives and works in the rare 'auld times.
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