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1. Folk Tales - The Fisherman (continued)

   

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   were not able. The son was a man at this time + he came + took up the stone with one hand + when his father saw that he went crying. The son asked him why was he crying + he told him he would have to go down in the lake with the woman. "You ca be sure she will not get me said the son." One day Owen (as the son was called) was going in some place + he seen a lion, a hound and a hawk fighting for a dead sheep. They asked him to divide the sheep between them + he did. He gave the head to the hawk because he was the smallest, + to the hound he gave from the head to the shoulders because he was the second biggest, + he gave the remainder to the lion because he was the biggest. When he was gone a piece the lion, hound and hawk said to one another that it was a shame to let such a decent man go without giving him something. They followed him again + the lion gave him to be the strongest lion that ever walked, the hound gave him to be the swiftest hound that ever ran + the hawk gave him to be the best hawk that ever flew.
   Owen changed himself into a hawk + flew away to a wood where a king lived. He came + lied on the trees in front of the palace + the kings three daughters came out + they saw the beautiful bird. The oldest daughter tried to catch him but he went, the second one did the same but failed, and he waited for the youngest. He changed himself into a man again + the two got married. One day Owen + his wife was out walking + up comes the hare + ran

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   History Edit

   Folktales index

   AT0316: The Nix of the Mill‑pond

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mártain Ó Braonáin

   Gender

   Male