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Updated: June 7, 2025
But though the king was young and eager, he was also prudent, and his father had told him on his deathbed to be very careful in his dealings with the 'good people, as the fairies were called. Therefore before going to the Gruagach the king sought out a wise man of the countryside. 'I am wanting to play a game with the curly-haired Gruagach, said he. 'Are you, indeed? replied the wizard.
The sports that all his life had pleased him best suddenly seemed to have grown dull, and he wanted to do something he had never done before. At last his face brightened. 'I know! he said. 'I will go and play a game with the Gruagach. Now the Gruagach was a kind of wicked fairy, with long curly brown hair, and his house was not very far from the king's house.
'Choose your prize, said the king, when the game was ended, 'but do not be too hard on me, or ask what I cannot give. 'The prize I choose, answered the Gruagach, 'is that the crop-headed creature should take thy head and thy neck, if thou dost not get for me the Sword of Light that hangs in the house of the king of the oak windows.
'What is the prize that you will choose? asked the Gruagach. 'The shaggy young horse with the stick saddle, answered the king, but he noticed that the Gruagach held his peace, and his brow was dark as he led out the horse from the stable. Rough was its mane and dull was its skin, but the king cared nothing for that, and throwing his leg over the stick saddle, rode away like the wind.
Instantly water broke out of the earth and drowned everybody. This is merely a local legend, such as boatmen are expected to know. As the green trout utterly declined to rise, I tried the boatman with the Irish story of why the Gruagach Gaire left off laughing, and all about the hare that came and defiled his table, as recited by Mr.
Then he took out his knife, cut the five heads off the giant, and when he had them off he cut out the tongues and threw the heads over the wall. Then he put the tongues in his pocket and drove home the cattle. That evening the Gruagach couldn't find vessels enough in all his place to hold the milk of the five golden cows.
He is brother to the king of the oak windows, and sure will he be that the king must be head, or the sword would not be in your hands. After that she kissed him, and bade him good speed. 'Didst thou get the sword? asked the Gruagach, when they met in the usual place. 'I got the sword. 'And how didst thou get it? 'If it had not had a knob on the top, then I had not got it, answered the king.
The next day, before the sun rose, the king sprang from his bed, and told his wife he must have another game with the Gruagach. 'If my father loses that game, and you win it, said she, 'accept nothing for your prize but the shaggy young horse with the stick saddle. 'I will do that, answered the king, and he went.
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