One Day Fionn was dining with "Conán Maol," A leg of beef and an oatmeal cake they had for the meal. "Conán "Maol" gave Fionn the leg of beef. Fionn ate it in a few bites and he asked if there was any more to eat. "Conán" said, "I thought you would have enough in one leg of beef." Fionn replied, "Indeed I often ate a blackbird which was better than your leg of beef." "Conán Maol " then cursed the blackbirds, and his curse caused them to be small and useless. Previous to that blackbirds were very large and people used to kill