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Kathleen in Ireland

Chapter 1: Transcriber’s Note
By Etta Blaisdell McDonald
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A young Irish girl named Kathleen grows up amid rural households, grandparents, and cousins, moving from mountain cottages to summer stays and a year with an extended family. The narrative blends everyday village life—turf-cutting, picnics, dancing, sheep-shearing, and farm chores—with local lore, including fairy tales, leprechauns, Saint Patrick stories, and a visit to the Giant’s Causeway. Scenes emphasize seasonal customs, community gatherings, and small adventures that reveal family bonds, regional history, and the mingling of folklore with daily work and play.

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Title: Kathleen in Ireland

Author: Etta Blaisdell McDonald

Julia Dalrymple

Release date: May 21, 2024 [eBook #73665]

Language: English

Original publication: Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 1923

Credits: Fiona Holmes, Andrew Sly and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.)

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Transcriber’s Note

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In the Vocabulary section on the last 4 pages of the project there are many diacritical characters that won't render properly on many ereaders. end of the book.

Hence the following explanation:

a᷵ = the letter 'a' with an uptack above.

Double vowels ee, aa, oo, show extended macron above.

Joining two letters such as oi, ow, ou shows the extended breve below.

The use of =L= around a word indicates bold lettering.

Hyphenations have been standardised.

KATHLEEN AT HOME

Little People Everywhere

KATHLEEN IN IRELAND

BY ETTA BLAISDELL McDONALD AND JULIA DALRYMPLE

Authors of “Manuel in Mexico,” “Umé San in
Japan,” “Rafael in Italy,” etc.

Illustrated

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1912

Copyright, 1909, By Little, Brown, and Company

All rights reserved

Printers S. J. Parkhill & Co., Boston, U. S. A.