witch-nurse

Updated: May 13, 2025

And so sure was his aim that it reached the witch through the leaf, and she fell to the ground dead. Then Dermat cut off her head and took it to Angus. Early on the morrow Angus rose and went where Finn was, and he asked him if he would make peace with Dermat. And Finn, because he had now lost his witch-nurse as well as many men, was glad to make peace in whatever way Dermat might choose.

Louey Chisholm - Celtic Tales, Told to the Children