TALE XIX.
THE LUCK OF EDEN-HALL.
In Eden-hall, in Cumberland, the mansion of the knightly family of Musgrave for many generations, is carefully preserved, in a leathern case, an old painted drinking-glass, which, according to the tradition of the neighbourhood, was long ago left by fairies near a well not far from the house, with an inscription along with it to this effect:
If this glass do break or fall,Farewell the luck of Eden-hall.
From this friendly caution the glass obtained the name recorded in a humorous and excellent ballad, usually, but erroneously attributed to the duke of Wharton, of a famous drinking match at this place, which begins thus:
God prosper long from being broke, The luck of Eden-hall.
The good-fortune, however, of this ancient house
