O'Reilly, John Boyle, 1844-1890 · Boston, Pilot publishing company · leaf 226
n them: They threw their weapons out oftheir hands, and ran to encounter each other, and lock theirknotty hands across one anothers graceful backs. Then eachgave the other a mighty twist; but Diarmuid hove Dubh-Chosach upon his shoulder, and hurled his body to the earth,and bound him firm and fast… … No. 28. ANCIENT CHESSMAN. A king —found with several others in a bog, in the county of Meath,Ireland. Preserved in the Royal Irish Academy. The great in-door game,—in fact, the only one men-tioned, — is chess; Flthchill {^ronoxnic^d Fichill; feat-Jichille,a chessman). Innumerable are the mentions…
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