all poured
into the skin, and the giant thought he had it drunk. The giant drank
another gallon then, and the tailor let another gallon down into the
skin, but the giant thought he was drinking it.
"I'll do a thing now that it won't come with you to do," said the
tailor.
"You will not," said the giant. "What is it you would do?"
"Make a hole and let out the broth again," said the tailor.
"Do it yourself first," said the giant.
The tailor gave a prod of the knife, and he let the broth out of the
skin.
"Do that you," said he.
"I will," said the giant, giving such a prod of the knife into his own
stomach that he killed himself. That is the way the tailor killed the
third giant.
He went to the king then, and desired him to send him out his wife and
his money, for that he would throw down the court again unless he
should get the wife. They were afraid then that he would throw down
the court, and they sent the wife to him.
When the tailor was a day gone, himself and his wife, they repented and
followed him to take his wife off him again. The people who were after
him were following him till they came to the place where the lion was,
and the lion said to them: "The tailor and his wife were here
yesterday. I saw them going by, and if ye loose me now, I am swifter
than ye, and I will follow them till I overtake them." When they heard
that, they loosed out the lion.
The lion and the people of Dublin went on, and they were pursuing him,
until they came to the place where the fox was, and the fox greeted
them, and said: "The tailor and his wife were here this morning, and
if ye will loose me out, I am swifter than ye, and I will follow them,
and overtake them." They loosed out the fox then.
The lion and the fox and the army of Dublin went on then, trying would
they catch the tailor, and they were going till they came to the place
where the old white garraun was, and the old white garraun said to them
that the tailor and his wife were there in the morning, and "Loose me
out," said he; "I am swifter than ye, and I'll overtake them." They
loosed out the old white garraun then, and the old white garraun, the
fox, the lion, and the army of Dublin pursued the tailor and his wife
together, and it was not long till they came up with him, and saw
himself and the wife out before them.
When the tailor saw them coming, he got out of the coach with his wife,
and he sat down on the ground.
When the old whi
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