Story entitled 'Mac a Ghobhain' collected from William [MacKenzie], Carbost [Càrabost, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye]. At the beginning of the story Carmichael notes 'Already in print page 84 Volum[e] 1st'. The story tells how the blacksmith's son asks the blacksmith to make him an iron stick. The blacksmith makes one, which is not strong enough but the second one is just right and so the blacksmith's son goes off with the ambition to make something of himself. He gets a job as a herdsman with a farmer and in return will get food, clothes and shoes. On his first day he goes to take the cattle across a river to get good grazing but is warned off because there is a giant there. He goes over anyway and after being threatened by the giant kills him with his iron stick. When he gets back to the farm, the farmer asks him how he got on, to which he replies that he got on very well and asks if his shoes are ready. The farmer says that the leather is too soft and that he will get his shoes the next night. The next day he takes the cattle to the same place, is challenged by the giant's brother but kills him too. On his return home the same conversation takes place. The same set of events happen again, with the herdsman killing a giant and being told that his shoes are not ready. Then, a three-headed monster appears in the district demanding to be fed, which the people do until the king's daughter is requested. The king decrees that anyone who can save his daughter form the monster can marry her. His butler 'buiteleir ruadh' steps up but the herdsman hearing this decides to go and see what happens so he hides near the monster and watches as the butler takes fright leaving the king's daughter to the monster. The herdsman steps in, cuts off one of the monster's heads, cuts out the tongue and leaves. The butler goes back to the palace and the king is delighted that his daughter has been spared another day. The herdsman goes home, does not let on what has happened and asks if his shoes are ready, to which the farmer gives the same reply. This happens again on the second and third day at which point the king says that his daughter can marry the butler the next day. The three heads from the monster are put on the table and the king asks that they be opened up. No one present can do so but the farmer says that his herdsman is at home and might be able to do it. The king sends out three messengers to find him but on arrival they find him by the fire, cooking potatoes and preceed to mock him. He jumps up and ties them to the floor. More messengers are sent out to find the herdsman as well as the previous messengers. They take the herdsman back to the king and he opens the heads. He muses that it is strange that the heads have no tongues and asks the butler why. He cannot give an answer and then the herdsman produces the tongues from his pocket. The king is pleased and allows the herdsman to marry his daughter.