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The Red Man's Wife
by James StephensThen she arose
And walked in the valley
In her fine clothes.
After great fire
Great frost
Comes following.
Turgesius was lost
By the daughter of Maelsheachlin
The King.
By Grainne,
Of high Ben Gulbain in the north,
Was Diarmuid lost.
The strong sons of Ushna,
Who never submitted,
They fell by Deirdre.