Volume: CBÉ 0463 (Part 3)

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1. An Tarbh Breac (continued)

   

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   heed of this. When the master arrived at the palace the King asked him if he had brought all his household. He said "Yes" except a cowboy who refused to go even to the shore to look on the two previous days. He said there was little likelihood that he was the man who killed the dragon. The King said that everyone would have to come and he ordered a regiment of his soldiers out to bring Jack in. Jack expected that the King would send a regiment for him and made preparations accordingly. He took out his box of army into the open in the fields and lay down beside it. He saw the regiment coming and waited till they came up to him. When they said he would have to come he said "I'll show ye whether I have to come or not." He opened his box and ordered out his army and told them to kill all the soldiers except one man. They did as they were told and then

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   History Edit

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script

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   • Tom Gallagher