Lady Gregory, she of W B Yeats fame, recorded the following passage in her book on Irish folklore (you can read an online version of it here). …and Eochaid was drowned with his children; and the water spread out into a great lake that has the name of Loch Neach to this day. But Liban …

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For in his path he sees a monstrous birth, The Borametz arises from the earth Upon a stalk is fixed a living brute, A rooted plant bears quadruped for fruit, …It is an animal that sleeps by day And wakes at night, though rooted in the ground, To feed on grass within its reach around. …

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