"I will tell you of a giant named Finn McCool, who is said to have lived on that rocky shore. Do you know what a giant is?"
"Oh, yes. He's like any other man, only he's ever and ever so much bigger," answered Norah.
"Very well, then. This particular giant wished to fight another giant who lived in Scotland. He invited him to come across the sea to Ireland. But the Scotch giant was not able to swim. So he answered:
"'I would gladly come if I could, but I cannot get across.'
"'It's an aisy matter to make a road for you,' said Finn. 'It is hardly worth speaking about.'
"He set to work at once and built a road, or causeway, made of stone pillars. They were placed close together, and reached upward from the bed of the sea. Of course, the Scotch giant could not refuse to come now."
"Could we see it if we went there?" Mollie eagerly asked.
"You could see a part of it. But, according to the legend, it was broken in two by the sea. Even now, you could walk out upon it for quite a distance. But the causeway slopes downward into the water, and then seems to stop. Some people, however, believe it extends under the sea clear to Scotland.
"It is certainly a wonderful thing, and many people from other countries go to see it.