168 Celtic Fairy Tales

men, and above all, he was curious to know what language
they spoke ; .and Elidore told him some ‘of their words.
When they asked for water, they would say : Udor udorum ;
and when they wanted salt, they-would say : Hapru udorum.
And ‘from this, the Bishop, who was a learned man, dis-
covered that they spoke some sort of Greek. For Udor is
Greek for Water, and Hap for Salt. ees
Hence we know that the Britons came from Troy, being
descendants from Brito, son of Priam, King of Troy.