And along with all these he brought ten hounds of the hounds of the
Fianna, and a horse and a mare of the beautiful horses of Manannan.
And when Caoilte had gathered all these, he brought them to the one
place. But when he tried to keep them together, they scattered here and
there from him; the raven went away southward, and that vexed him
greatly, but he overtook it again in Gleann da Bheann, beside Loch
Lurcan. And then his wild duck went away from him, and it was not easy
to get it again, but he followed it through every stream to grey Accuill
till he took it by the neck and brought it back, and it no way willing.
And indeed through the length of his life Caoilte remembered well all he
went through that time with the birds, big and little, travelling over
hills and ditches and striving to bring them with him, that he might set
Finn his master free.
And when he came to Teamhair he had more to go through yet, for the king
would not let him bring them in before morning, but gave him a house
having nine doors in it to put them up in for the night. And no sooner
were they put in than they raised a loud screech all together, for a
little ray of light was coming to them through fifty openings, and they
were trying to make their escape. And if they were not easy in the
house, Caoilte was not easy outside it, watching every door till the
rising of the sun on the morrow.
And when he brought out his troop, the name the people gave them was
"Caoilte's Rabble," and there was no wonder at all in that.
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