Bhí lánúin ann tráth agus ghoill sé go mór ar na mbean í a bheith gan aon duine clainne. Oíche amháin d’iarr sí ar Dia páiste a chur Chuici. ‘Ba chuma liom,’ ar sí, ‘mura mbeadh ann ach oiread m’ordóige.
There was once a couple who had no family. The wife was very sad so one night she prayed to God to send her a child. I don’t care she said, if it is only the size of my thumb…