“The Protestant Maid”
Description
A Protestant maid marries a Catholic who has a priest help convince her to convert. The priest plans a transubstantiation demonstration. She adds arsenic to the cake and he balks at eating it. Her husband is convinced to convert to Protestantism.
Long description
"A pretty maid, a Protestant, got to a Papist wed" In spite of her husband's urging she would not convert. He brought a priest home to convince her. The priest planned a demonstration of transubstantiation. She agreed and volunteered to make the cake. As he prepared to eat it she told him she had added arsenic; if the cake was changed by transubstantiation, it should be harmless. The priest lefts without a taste, crying "'This is a cursed place.'" She replied, "'You are a cursed race." Her husband was convinced to convert "and quite forsake the system that's impure."
Cross references
- cf. "The Old Orange Flute" (subject: religious conversion)
- cf. "The Banks of Dunmore" (subject: religious conversion)
- cf. "Garvagh Town" (subject: religious conversion)
- cf. "Rosedale Waters (The Skeptic's Daughter)" (subject: religious conversion)
- cf. "Silver Jack" [Laws C24] (subject: religious conversion)
References
- OrangeLark 26, "The Protestant Maid" (1 text, 1 tune)
- BI, OrLa026