Spae

"Spae my fortune!" said I, laughing; "such swatches of the same as I had in the past were of no nature to make me eager to see what was to follow."

John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro

Flann left the Spae-Woman's and went back to Mogue's tent.

The King of Ireland's Son Padraic Colum 1926

Spae-Woman was before the door and she welcomed Sheen back.

The King of Ireland's Son Padraic Colum 1926

Then said he to all the robbers, "I demand to know what became of the Crystal Egg that was with the goose you stole from the Spae-Woman."

The King of Ireland's Son Padraic Colum 1926

He knew well what he should do with the Egg. He had dreamt that it had been hatched by the Spae-Woman's old rheumatic goose.

The King of Ireland's Son Padraic Colum 1926

Flann saw her as his kind comrade of Crom Duv's and as his beautiful friend of the Spae-Woman's house.

The King of Ireland's Son Padraic Colum 1926

When Fedelma and the King of Ireland's Son came to the Spae-Woman's house, who was the first person they saw there but Gilveen, Fedelma's sister!

The King of Ireland's Son Padraic Colum 1926

"I heard there was a young fellow at your house and I want him to take service with me," said he to the Spae-Woman.

The King of Ireland's Son Padraic Colum 1926

"There is, but it is a hard way," said the Spae-Woman.

The King of Ireland's Son Padraic Colum 1926

Then the Spae-Woman said that the Queen would strive on the next night -- it was the night of the full moon -- to bring back her seven brothers to their own forms.

The King of Ireland's Son Padraic Colum 1926