The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1900-09-22
THE AMADAN OF THE DOUGH.
(By Seumas Macmanus.
Copyright, 1900. by Seumas Mac
Manus)

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There was king once on a time that
had a son that was an Amadan (half-
foolish fellow. The Amadan's mother
died, and the king married again.
His stepmother was always afraid OF
him beating her children, he was grow
ing so big and strong. so to keep him
from growing, and weaken him, she
had him fed on dough made of raw
meal and water, and for that he was
called The Amadan of the Dough-
But instead of getting weaker, 1t was
getting stronger the Amadan was on
this fare. and he was able to thrash all
of his stepbrothers together.
At length his stepm0ther told his
father that he would have to drive the
Amadan away.
The father consented TO put him
away. but the Amadan refused to go
till his father would give him sword
50 sharp that it would cut pack Of
wool falling on it.
After d. great deal of time and trouble
spent in getting such sword, me
father got this and gave II TO the ANA
dan. and when the Amadan tried 1t
and found it what he wanted, he oade
them all goodby and set off.
For seven days and seven nights ne
Travelled away before him without
meeting anything wonderful, but on the
seventh night he came up TO great
castle. he went in and found no one
there. but he found a great dinner
spread on the table in the hall. 80 10
be making the most Of his time down
the Amadan sat to the table and
Whacked away.
When he had finished with his din
ner. up to the castle came three young
princes. stout, strong, able fellows, Dut
they were very. very tired. and bleed
ing from wounds all over them
They struck the castle with flint
and all at once the whole castle shone
as if it was on fire.
The Amadan sprang at the three Of
them to Kill them. He said, What DO
YOU mean by putting the castle on
fire."
20. Amadan." they said, don't inter
fere with US, for we are nearly Killed
as il is. The castle isn't on ire. Every
dav we have to 90 out to fight three
giants-Slat Nor, Stat MARI and sat
Geag. We fight them all day long, ana
lust as night is falling we nave them
killed. But however it comes, IN the
night they always come TO life again,
and if they didn't see this castle lit up,
they'd come in on top Of US and muir
der us while we slept. So every nlght
when we come back from the fight we
light I'D the castle. Then we can sleep
I'M peace until morning, and IN the
morning go off and fight the giants
again.
wondered. and he said he should very
much like to help them kill the giants.
They said they would be very glad TO
have such a fine fellows help, ana SO
II was agreed that the Amadan should
90 with them to the fight next day
Then the three princes washed them
selves and took their supper, ana tIleS
and the Amadan went TO peo- 4
In the morning all four of them SET
off and travelled to the Glen Of the
Echoes. where they met the three 81
Now" says the Amadan, '.if you
three will engage the two smaller 81
ants. Stat Mari and Stat Beag, II en-
gage Stat Nor myself and kill him.
They agreed to this.
Now the smallest of the giants was
Ear bigger and more terrible than any
thing ever the Amadan had seen or
heard of in his life before, so you may
fancy what Stat Nor must have been
like.
Rut the Amadan was little concerned
at this. He went to meet Stat Nor,
and the two Of them fell to the hght'
and a great, great fight they had
lN6eN maze LtlE iAcll "a 5lONAAN ~
and fbe soft into spring wells; they
made the rocks into pebbles, and the
pebbles into gravel, and the gravel feii
over the country like hailstones. All
the birds Of the air from the lower emo
Of the world to the upper end OF the
world and all the wild beasts and tame
from the four ends Of the earth, came
Aoclxing to see the fight, and in the eno
the Amadan ran the Stat Nor through
with his sword and laid him down deao.
Then he turned TO help the three
princes. and very soon he laid the other
two giants down dead for them also.
Then the three princes said they
would all go home. The Amadan sad
for them to go, but warned them not 70
light up the castle this night, and ne
1Tould Sit by the giants corpses and
watch if they would come to life again.
The three princes begged of him noI
10 do this, for the three giants would
come to life, and then he, having no
helm. would be killed.
The Amadan was angry with them
and ordered them off instantly. Then