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THE COURT OF CRINNAWN. 1 47
day went by without any account from the young- men.
People said that it was Crinnawn that killed them, fo
some saw them going to the court. The fathers and
mothers of the young men went to the friars, and prayed
them to go to Crinnawn and to find out from him where
the young men were, dead or alive.
They went to Crinnawn, and Crinnawn told them the
trick the young men thought to do on him, and the thing
he did with them. " If it be your will, bestow forgive-
ness on them this time," said the friars ; " they were mad
with whiskey, and they won't be guilty again." " On
account of ye to ask it of me, I will loose them this time ;
but if they come again, I will put a sleep of seven years
on them. Come with me now till you see them."
" It's bad walkers, we are," said the friars, " we would
be a long time going to the place where they are."
" Ye won't be two minutes going to it," said
Crinnawn, " and ye will be back at home in the same
time."
Then he brought them out, and put a blast of wind out
of his mouth, and swept them to Lisdrumneal, and he
himself was there as soon as they.
They saw the twelve young men asleep under a cloud
in the /w, and there was great wonder on them. " Now,"
said Crinnawn, " I will send them home." He blew
upon them, and they rose up like birds in the air, and it
was not long until each one of them was at home, and the
friars as well, and you may be certain that they did not
go to the Court of Crinnawn any more.
Crinnawn was living in the court years after that.
One day the friars went on a visit to him, but he was
not to be found. People say that the friars got great
riches after Crinnawn. At the end of a period of time
the roof fell off the court, as everyone was afraid