Volume: CBÉ 0221
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“There was a king wan time and had three sons.”
(continued from previous page)of them would go in search of it. So the king called together his three sons, and told them what the witch had told him. She told him that she heard nothing about the well only that it was in some far distant land guarded by a great giant with three heads. . So the king asked the eldest son would he go in search of the water. He said he would. The king was very proud of him when he heard him say that and tapped him on the back, and said he always knew that he was a brave boy. The eldest son then prepared himself in a great suit of mail, and carried a sword and shield. Then he was ready to go. The witch told him not to go without getting(continues on next page)