“Have you the head of the Red Ox?” asked the hag.
“I have,” answered Fin.
“You will give it to me,” said the hag.
“I will not,” answered Fin. “If I was bound to bring it, I was not bound to give it.”
When she heard that, the hag dropped to the earth, and became a few bones.
FIN MACCOOL, FAOLAN, AND THE MOUNTAIN OF HAPPINESS.
When Fin MacCool and the Fenians of Erin were at Fintra, they went hunting one day; and the man who killed the first deer was Dyeermud. When the hunt was over, they returned to the place where the first deer was started, and began, as was usual, to prepare the day’s feast. While preparing the feast, they saw a ship sailing into the harbor, with only one woman on board. The Fenians were greatly surprised at the speed of the vessel; and Dyeermud said to Fin, “I will go and see who is the woman coming in that vessel.”
“You killed the first deer,” replied Fin, “and the honors of the feast on this day are yours. I myself will go down and see who the woman is.”