“Diarmad, measure the boar from the snout,
Tell how many feet long he be.”
Finn he had never refused—
Alas! him no more we meet—
He measures the back of the boar—
MacDoon of the lightsome feet.
In the other versions it is told that Diarmad’s feet were bare, and that the length of the boar was sixteen feet. Finn denied that he was so long, and insisted on a second measuring.
“Diarmad, measure with care again,
The boar against the hair;”
Mournful it was to see