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The Legend of Knock Grafton. Once upon a time, there was a poor man who lived in the glen of Ahalau at the foot of the

Galti Mountains.

This was in a land called Ireland.

The man had a great hump on his back.

So bent he was that when he sat, his chin looked as if it was resting on his knees.

The country people kept clear of him, for there had been stories made up about him.

They said he had a vast knowledge of herbs and charms.

But really, for Lusmore, that was the nickname he was given because he was always wearing

a little sprig of foxglove plant in his straw hat.

That was simply the way he made his living, weaving straw into hats and baskets. He was mighty skilled at it, and it was perhaps someone jealous of Lusmore's skill

that made them spread the stories about him.

One evening, as Lusmore was on his way home from the town of Kuhar,

he came upon the old moat of Knock Grafton.

Now this was a different kind of moat.

It had no water, but was instead a mound in the grass,

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