after seven years, the queen of tubber tintye woke and found she had a six-year-old son. her sage said only a hero could have made it there, and a hero would have left some sign. they found his letter, which pleased the queen. she brought her army to the castle of the king of erin and demanded the man who had come to her castle while she slept. the king summoned the queen's two son in turn, each of whom claimed to have done it, but she demanded that each one ride her horse, and it threw and killed them. the king sent a message to the lonesome island, and the queen there and her son came. he could ride the horse, and so she knew he was the man. she put a belt on the queen of erin that magically tightened, and forced from her the knowledge that her older son was the gardener's, and the younger the brewer's. the queen of tubber tintye had the king of erin burn her. the king of erin married the queen of the lonesome island, and his son married the queen of tubber tintye.