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132 THE WELL OF D'YERREE-IN-DOWAN.
upon the road throw it up before you, and follow it till
you come to the house of my sister."
When he went out on the road he threw down the
ball, and he was following it until the sun was going
under the shadow of the hills. Then he went into a
wood, and came to the door of a little house. When he
struck the door, a hag opened it, and said :
" A hundred thousand welcomes before you, son of the
king of the castle of Bwee-sounee, who were at my
sister's house last night. You made a long journey to-
day. Sit down ; I have a supper ready for you."
When the king's son ate and drank his enough, the
hag put him to sleep, and he did not wake up till the
morning. Then the hag asked :
" Where are you going ?".
" I don't rightly know," said the king's son. "I left
home to find out the Wellof D'yerree-in-Dowan."
" I am over five hundred years of age," said the hag,
" and I never heard talk of that place before ; but I have
a brother, and if there is any such place in the world, he'll
know of it. He is living seven hundred miles from here."
"It's a long journey," said the king's son.
"You'll be there to-night," said the hag.
Then she gave him a little garraun (nag, gelding)
about the size of a goat.
" That little beast won't be able to carry me,'' said the
kings' son.
"Wait till you go riding on it," said the hag.
The king's son got on the garraun, and out for ever
with him as fast as lightning.
When the sun was going under, that evening, he came
to a little house in a wood. The king's son got off the
garraun, went in, and it was not long till an old grey
man came out, and said :
" A hundred thousand welcomes to you, son of the