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School: Askamore (roll number 15675)

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Askamore, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Margaret McGrath
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    They then thatched half the roof again and went to look for more feathers, and as before they were blown away again, so the roof was never completed. Cormac went further on his way and came to a spring of clear water spouting from a face of great size that was hard like the rocks, then he met a man who asked him what he sought, Cormac told him. The man invited him to his house to rest and refresh himself, he sat down at a table on which a cloth was spread. The man asked : "whatever food you desire it will appear before you, here is a goblet also which is never empty, it is always filled with good liquir." Cormac said you must be Mananan the Magican, but said Cormac, "I have no appetite to partake when I have not my wife, son, and daughter."
    Mananan left the room and returned with them."
    "These are the lost treasures, I have guarded for thee, and with them I will give thee the table cloth and goblet. You may more over keep the bell branch. I have tried thee and proved thy faith an truth" and gave the king back his family.
    Cormac then told Mananan of the strange sights he had seen in the wood. The men you saw thatching the house are poets who travel far seeking fortune, while they are absent, all they have got is lost and dissipated, the head with the spouting fresh water is an image of those who give at all times yet never lack a fresh supply."
    Then Cormac thanked Mananan for his
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. Cormac Mac Airt (~4)
    Folktales index
    AT0461: Three Hairs from the Devil's Beard
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Daniel Gilbert
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Askamore, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mr John Moore
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballytarsna, Co. Wexford