Volume: CBÉ 0463 (Part 3)

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1. An Tarbh Breac (continued)

   

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   his human shape when he would kill him. The boy now agreed to do as the bull had asked him. The bull told him that before he killed him he was to cut a strip of his hide from the tail to the head and wear it round his waist and that it would him in all his difficulties. The boy thanked the bull for all his kindness to him and then proceeded to do with him as he was told. He cut the strip of hide from tail to head tied it round his waist and then he killed the bull. The boy set out from himself and after travelling all day he saw a light in the distance. He made towards the light, went in and asked for a night's lodging and some food. This they gave him. After the meal the boy asked the man of the house if he knew where he would get work. The man asked him what work was he able to do. The boy said that

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   History Edit

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   Béarla

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

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   • Tom Gallagher