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25. An lá sin, 'nuair a ḃí an Cú
Bán a fiaḋaċ, duḃairt a ġíománaċ leis
go n-innseóċaḋ sé rud eigin ḋó dá m¬
beiḋeaḋ fios aige nach g-cuirfeaḋ sé
fearg air. Duḃairt an Cú Bán naċ g¬
cúirfeaḋ. "Tá go maiṫ," arsan gíom¬
ánaċ, so agad anois é. Nuair ḃimid
'nár g-codlaḋ aréir & aṫruġaḋ aréir,
(codluiġeaċ an gíománaċ i seomra os
cionn a ṁaiġistir) ḃí bean in aondaiġ
leatsa & ḃí sí ag innsin duit gaċ uile
rud do ṫárla ḋaoiḃ nuair i ḃí siḃ
pósta in Éirinn, aċ níor ċualaiḋ tú
focal de, mar ḃí deoċ súain annsan
naigín a ṫug an ċailleaċ duit le n'ól;
& má ḋeunfaiḋ tú mo ċóṁairle, deun¬
famuid máilín beag leaṫair, & anoċt,
'nuair a ṫiocfas sí isteaċ leis an
deoċ, leig síos san máilín í a ḃéiḋeas
faoi do ṁuinéal, aċ, ar a ḃ-facaiḋ tú
ariaṁ, ná cuir cor asad. Ann sin
cuirfiḋ sí coinneal le bonnaiḃ do ċos,
agus dóiġfiḋ sí iad go d-ti 'n ċnáiṁ¬
aċ na corruiġ ar a ḃfacaḋ tú ariaṁ.'
26. Ḃí go maiṫ ; 'nuair i ċuaiḋ siad
i ċodlaḋ, ṫainic an ċailleaċ asteaċ le
naigin & ḋuḃairt sí leis an g-Cú é ól.
Duḃairt sé leiṫi rud éigin ṫaḃairt dó
as 'n gcistionaiġ. Ċo fad a's ḃí sí ṡíos,
ċuir sé an deoċ in a ṁáilín leaṫir, &
ṫuit sé in a ċodlaḋ, má buḋ fíor ḋó
féin. Aċ ḃí aiṁreas uirri nár ól sé
í' Ḋóiġ sí bonnaiḃ a ċos isteaċ go d¬
ti 'n ċnáiṁ, aċ níor ċorraiġ sé. D'
iompuiḋ sí amaċ insin, mar ṡaoil sí
go cinnte go raḃ sé 'na ċodlaḋ. Ṫois¬
uiġ an Cú Bán & a ḃean insin a cóṁ¬
ráḋ & níor stadadar go raḃadar sá¬
ruiġṫe. D'innis sí ḋó go raḃ uḃ faoi
ċois na leapṫa & dá m-buailfeaḋ sé
an ċailleaċ léiṫi go marḃóċaḋ í Níor
ḃ'ḟada go d-tainic sí isteaċ arís. Ċaiṫ
sé 'n an uḃ leiṫe & ṁarḃuiḋ sé í. Ḃí
na geasa briste insin, & ḃí caisleán
na cailliġe & gaċ uile niḋ d'a ḟeaḃas
ag Cú Bán an t-Sléiḃe & a ḃean. Ṗós
an gíománaċ Maolċarraċ. Ċuadar
treasna na h-aiḃne & báṫaḋ iad, aċt
ṫainic mé féin slán.
Críoċ.
25. That day, When the white Hound was hunt¬
ing, his servant said to him that he would tell him
something if he thought he would not be displeas¬
ed. The White Hound said he would not. "Very
well,” said the servant, “here it is for you.” When
asleep last night and ere last night (the servant
slept in a room over his master), there was a wom¬
an along with you and she was telling you of every
thing that happened to you when you were married
in Ireland. But you did not hear a word of it, as
there was a potion in the naggin which the old hag
gave you to drink ; and if you take my advice you
will make a small leather bag, and to night when
she brings in the drink let it down the little bag that
will be round your your neck, but for your life dont
stir. She will then put a candle to the soles of your
feet, and she will burn them to the bone, but dont
stir for all ever you saw.
26. Very good. When they went to sleep the
old hag came in with a naggin and she told the
White Hound to drink it. He told her to bring
him something from the kitchen and while she was
below he put his drink in his leathern bag, and he
fell asleep, as it were. But she doubted that he
drank it. She burned the soles of his feet into the
bone, but he did not stir. She then departed belei¬
ving that he was really asleep. The White Hound
and his wife then began to talk, and they did not
cease until they were exhausted. She told him that
there was an egg at the foot of the bed and that if
he struck the hag with it he would kill her. It was
not long until she came in again. He threw the egg
at her and killed her. The spell was then broken,
and the White Hound of the Mountain and his wife
possessed the hag's castle and the best of every o¬
ther thing. The servant married Maolcarrach.
They went across the river and were drowned, but
I came safe, — finis.
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