So he gaed away ; and everything happened to him that had happened to his brother ! The other widow and her son heard of a ' that had happened frae a fairy , and the young man determined that he would also go upon his travels , and see if he could do anything to relieve his twa friends . So his mother gave him a can to go to the well and bring home water , that she might bake him a cake for his journey . And he gaed , and as he was bringing hame the water , a raven owre abune his head cried to him to look , and he would see that the water was running out . And he was a young man of sense , and seeing the water running out , he took some clay and patched up the holes , so that he brought home enough water to bake a large cake . When his mother put it to him to take the half-cake wi ' her blessing , he took it in preference to having the hale wi ' her malison ; and yet the half was bigger than what the other lads had got a ` thegither . So he gaed away on his journey ; and after he had traveled a far way he met wi ' an auld woman , that asked him if he would give her a bit of his bannock . And he said he would gladly do that , and so he gave her a piece of the bannock ; and for that she gied him a magical wand , that she said might yet be of service to him if he took care to use it rightly . Then the auld woman , who was a fairy , told him a great deal that whould happen to him , and what he ought to do in a ' circumstances ; and after that she vanished in an instant out o ' his sight . He gaed on a great way farther , and then he came up to the old man herding the sheep ; and when he asked whose sheep these were , the answer was : `` The Red Etin of Ireland Ance lived in Bellygan , And stole King Malcolm 's daughter , The King of fair Scotland . He beats her , he binds her , He lays her on a band ; And every day he dings her With a bright silver wand . Like Julian the Roman , He 's one that fears no man , But now I fear his end is near , And destiny at hand ; And you 're to be , I plainly see , The heir of all his land . '' -LRB- Repeat the same inquiries to the man attending the swine and the man attending the goats , with the same answer in each case . -RRB- When he came to the place where the monstrous beasts were standing , he did not stop nor run away , but went boldly through among them . One came up roaring with open mouth to devour him , when he struck it with his wand , and laid it in an instant dead at his feet . He soon came to the Etin 's castle , where he knocked , and was admitted . The auld woman that sat by the fire warned him of the terrible Etin , and what had been the fate of the twa brithers ; but he was not to be daunted . The monster soon came in , saying : `` Snouk but and snouk ben , I find the smell of an earthly man ; Be he living , or be he dead , His heart shall be kitchen to my bread . '' He quickly espied the young man , and bade him come forth on the floor . And then he put the three questions to him , but the young man had been told everything by the good fairy , so he was able to answer all the questions .
When the XXXXX found this he knew that his power was gone .
Bellygan Etin Malcolm Roman Scotland auld brithers fire malison wi