This week on myths and legends, we're an Irish folklore about a monk who gives it all up to follow a dream, a dream to be a writer and a poet,

and we'll see how singing poetry and writing short stories about Bacon Lad put him in mortal danger.

The creature this week is that Harry Stranger watching you on the road, who might be a secret

giraffe. This is Myths and Legends stories from mythology and folklore.

Some are incredibly popular stories you might think you know but with surprising origins.

Others are tales that might be new to you but are definitely worth a listen.

This is actually a fairly famous story from medieval Ireland and pay attention because if you memorize it you can get a free cow. You'll

left to take it up with the king or steward or prince or something. We'll jump

in with a kingdom that has a big problem. And that problem, well, King's breakfast order, you ready? Here we go. A pig, a cow, a bull calf, three score cakes of pure wheat, that 60 cakes, 6-0, and a vat of new ale and you stopped

writing.

Why did you stop writing?

The warrior asked the new chef.

The chef said because that was ridiculous a cow what parts of the cow?

You know that's everything from hamburgers to Flameyon.

Also you're clearly messing with me. 60 cakes? I would have to get up at 2

in the morning to start that. Well, why do you think you were hired so quickly? The warrior said.

Then two servants burst through the door behind them,

carrying between them, the emaciated, exhausted corpse

of the previous chef.

The warrior spun around, what, back door, take him out the back door.

He was doing the welcome orientation.

Standing there with the sound of the pair shuffling away,

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