Morraha

yp—e—— {ORRAHA rose in the morning and
‘ i washed his hands and face, and said
: his prayers, and ate his food; and he
:; asked God to prosper the day for him.
; : So he went down to the brink of the
sea, and he saw a currach, short and

green, coming towards him; and in

it there was but one youthful champion, and he was
playing hurly from prow to stern of the currach. He had
a hurl of gold and a ball of silver; and he stopped not till
the currach was in on the shore; and he drew her up on
the green grass, and put fastenings on her for a year and a
day, whether he should be ‘there all that time or should
only be on land for an hour by the clock. And Morraha
saluted the young man courteously ; and the other saluted
him in the same fashion, and asked him would he play a
game of cards with him; and Morraha said that he had not
the wherewithal ; and the other answered that he was never
without a candle or the making of it ; and he put his hand
in his pocket and drew out a table and two chairs and a