Volume: CBÉ 0463 (Part 3)

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1. An Tarbh Breac (continued)

   

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   on his back again and hold on tightly. All happened as the bull had told him. The Queen was so anxious to see the bull killed that she came out to the stable to see the deed done. She stood in the doorway with a hand on each jamb.
   Just as the butcher drew the knife to kill the bull, the bull turned, put his horn through him, the boy jumped on his back - the bull made through the doorway, stuck his two horns in the Queen, tossed her up in the air and she fell down dead. The bull made for the mountains with the boy on his back. Having reached the mountains the bull told him that the time had come when they should part. He told him that he was to kill him but this the boy refused to do. Then he told him that by killing him he was doing him a good 'turn' - that by some magic power he was changed into a bull but that he would regain

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   History Edit

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   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

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   • Tom Gallagher