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10. (1832) A catechism of mythology

Noble remains of it are still in being. […] This superstition still lasts, and the princes who reign on the banks of this river, make their subjects pay for the right of bathing and drawing water from it. […] When Narcissus pined away with self-love, with the assistance of the gods, he was changed into a daffodil, which plant still bears his name. […] The thing desir’d I still about me bore, And too much plenty has confirm’d me poor. […] This custom still lingers in Ireland.

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