Excerpt from The Sin-Eater, And, the Washer of the Ford: And Other Legendary Moralities N ore - This legendary romance is based upon the ancient and still current (though often hopelessly contradictory) legends concerning Brighid, or Bride, commonly known as Muime Chriosd the foster-mother of Christ. From the universal honour and reverence in which she was and is held - second only in this respect to the Virgin herself - she is also called Mary of the Gael. Another name, frequent in the West, is brighde-nam-brat - i.e. St Bride of the Mantle, a name explained in the course of this legendary story. Brigit the Christian saint should not, however, be confused with a much earlier and remoter Brigit, the ancient Celtic Muse of Song. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.