She used to put a helmet on a pillar-stone
and call it Cuchulain and set him casting at it.
and call it Cuchulain and set him casting at it.
Yeats
Tell me the secret.
BLIND MAN.
That young man is Aoife's son. I am sure it is Aoife's son, it flows
in upon me that it is Aoife's son. You have often heard me talking of
Aoife, the great woman-fighter Cuchulain got the mastery over in the
north?
FOOL.
I know, I know. She is one of those cross queens that live in hungry
Scotland.
BLIND MAN.
I am sure it is her son. I was in Aoife's country for a long time.
FOOL.
That was before you were blinded for putting a curse upon the wind.
BLIND MAN.
There was a boy in her house that had her own red colour on him
and everybody said he was to be brought up to kill Cuchulain, that
she hated Cuchulain.
She used to put a helmet on a pillar-stone
and call it Cuchulain and set him casting at it. There is a step
outside--Cuchulain's step.
[_CUCHULAIN passes by in the mist outside the big door. _
FOOL.
Where is Cuchulain going?
BLIND MAN.
He is going to meet Conchubar that has bidden him to take the oath.
FOOL.
Ah, an oath, Blind Man. How can I remember so many things at once? Who
is going to take an oath?
BLIND MAN.
Cuchulain is going to take an oath to Conchubar who is High King.
FOOL.
What a mix-up you make of everything, Blind Man. You were telling me
one story, and now you are telling me another story.
