“ The Vessel of Badurn "

" That is, Badurn the name of a king. Now his wife went to the well, and at the well she saw two women out of the fairy-mounds, and - between them was a chain of bronze. When they beheld the woman - coming towards them they went under the well. So she went after - them under the well, and in the fairy-mound she saw a marvellous ordeal, even a vessel of crystal. If a man should utter three false words under it, it would separate into three [parts] on his hand. If a man should utter three true words under it, it would unite again. Then Badurn’s wife begged that vessel from the folk of the fairy-mound. It was given to her. So that was the vessel which Badurn had for distinguishing between falsehood and truth. “

“ The Vessel of Badurn "

Acrylic sketch from my Celtic sketchbook