Paddy O'Kelly and the Weasel 55

They were hurling awdy, and the pipers playing music,
until Paddy O’Kelly saw the host of Munster getting the

 

strong hand, and he began helping the fairy host of Con-
nacht. The Ston-
girya came up and
he made at Paddy
O'Kelly, but Paddy
turned him head
over heels. From
hurling the two hosts
ae —~ began at fighting,

mi Dut it was not long
‘until the host of
Connacht beat the
other host. Then the host of Munster made flying beetles
of themselves, and they began eating
every green thing that they came
up to. They were destroying the
country before them until they came
as far as Cong. Then there rose up
thousands of doves out of the hole,
and they swallowed down the beetles.