The Lammas Hireling
Ian Duhig
, Ideas
• A dramatic monologue – tells story of
farmer who hired young man to help
• In shock of finding out he’s a warlock, the
farmer shoots him through the heart – ‘the
moon came out,’ and the warlock turned
into a hare
• Farmer’s cattle are cursed, he is
haunted by guilt – passes time using the
metal from coins to create bullets for his gun
and confessing sins
Ian Duhig
, Ideas
• A dramatic monologue – tells story of
farmer who hired young man to help
• In shock of finding out he’s a warlock, the
farmer shoots him through the heart – ‘the
moon came out,’ and the warlock turned
into a hare
• Farmer’s cattle are cursed, he is
haunted by guilt – passes time using the
metal from coins to create bullets for his gun
and confessing sins