fingers and thumb in it exactly as it came out of her hand never mind said i must only do the best i can with if all fail i ll give him a cast of to keep the wind out of his stomach or a of oak bark to draw it in a bit but above all things think of some plan to get fin out of the scrape he s in otherwise he s a lost man you know you used to be sharp and ready and my own opinion is that it will go hard with you of you ll yet she then made a high smoke on the top of the hill after which she put her finger in her mouth and gave three and by that knew he was invited to � for this was the way that the irish long ago gave a sign to all strangers and travellers to let them know they were welcome to come and take share of whatever was going in the meantime fin was very melancholy and did not know what to do or how to act at all was an ugly customer no doubt to meet with � and moreover tne idea of the confounded cake the very heart within him what chance could he have strong and brave though he was with a man who could when put into a passion walk the country into and knock into the thing was impossible and fin knew not on what hand to turn him right or left � backward or forward � where to go he could form no guess whatsoever said he can you do nothing for me where s all your invention am i to be like a rabbit before your eyes and to have my name disgraced for ever in the sight of all my tribe and me the best man among them how am i to fight this man mountain � this huge cross between an earthquake and a � m k wc sl s� pocket that was once j legend up easy fin replied of you keep your toe in your pump talking of maybe weu give aa good as any he brings with otherwise if i don t treat him to as smart feeding he s got this many a day never trust again leave him to me and do just as l bid you tliis relieved fin very much for after all he ii great confidence in his wife knowing as he did she had got him out of many a the present however was the greatest of all b still lie began to get mil rage and was able to eat i as usual then drew the threads of different colours which she did to find out the best way of succeeding in an thing of importance she went about she them into three with three colours in putting one on her right arm one round her hear and the third round tier right ankle for then knew that nothing could fail with her that undertook having everything now prepared she sent to the neighbours and and twenty ire which she took ami into the hear of aud twenty cakes of bread and these she on this ire in the usual way setting them aside in tl cupboard according as they were done she then pi down a large pot of new milk which she made and and gave i m di r instructions how to use tiie when t should come done all this she sat down quite contented wai for his arrival on the next day about two o clock the hour at which he w is expected � for fi knew as much by the of his thumb j this was a curious ty kin s thumb but notwithstanding all the wisdom and logic he tn out it could never have here were it not for the wit of his wife in tliis � thing moreover he was very much resembled by foe for it was u huge strength possessed all lay i� a legend op of his right hand and that if he happened by any to lose it he was no more notwithstanding his bulk than a common man at length the next day he was seen coming across the valley and knew that it was time to commence operations she immediately made the cradle and desired fin to lie down in it and cover himself up with the clothes you must pass for your own child said she so just lie there snug and say nothing but be guided by me this to be sure was to fin � i mean going into the cradle in such a cowardly manner � but ne knew well and finding that he had nothing else for it with a very face he gathered himself into it and lay snug as she had desired him about two o clock as he had been expected came in god save all here said he is this where the great fin m lives t indeed it is honest man replied god save you kindly � won t you be sitting v thank you ma am says he sitting down you re mrs m i suppose i am said she and i have no reason i hope to be ashamed of my husband no said the other he has the name of being the strongest and man in ireland but for all that there s a man not far from you that s very desirous of taking a shake with him is he at home why then no she replied and if ever a man left his house in a fury he did it appears that some one told him of a big of a giant called being down at the to look for him and so he set out there to try if he could catch him i hope for the poor 