Irish fairy tales . -?rl I:. 4^1^11^ tfifii^ C-. CHAPTER VI A YEAR ppssed, and one day as he was sitting at judgementthere came a great noise from without, and this noise wasso persistent that the people and suitors were scandalised,and Fiachna at last ordered that the noisy person should bebrought before him to be judged. It was done, and to his surprise the person turned outto be the Black Hag. She blamed him in the court before his people, and com-plained that he had taken away her cow, and that she hadnot been paid the four cows he had gone bail for, and shedemanded judgement from him and
Irish fairy tales . -?rl I:. 4^1^11^ tfifii^ C-. CHAPTER VI A YEAR ppssed, and one day as he was sitting at judgementthere came a great noise from without, and this noise wasso persistent that the people and suitors were scandalised,and Fiachna at last ordered that the noisy person should bebrought before him to be judged. It was done, and to his surprise the person turned outto be the Black Hag. She blamed him in the court before his people, and com-plained that he had taken away her cow, and that she hadnot been paid the four cows he had gone bail for, and shedemanded judgement from him and justice. If you will consider it to be justice, I will give youtwenty cows myself, said Fiachna. I would not take all the cows in Ulster, she screamed. Pronounce judgement yourself, said the king, andif I can do what you demand I will do it. For he did not liketo be in the wrong, and he did not wish that any personshould have an unsatisfied claim upon him. The Black Hag then pronounced judgement, and theking had to fulfil it
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