GCML09 Salmon Of Knowledge

The Salmon of Knowledge is a story of a young boy and he wanted to be in the Fianna. He had to complete many tests and one of them was he had to learn twelve books of poetry. So Fionn went to this poet who was one of the best poets in Ireland to help him learn them. One night the poet was out fishing and caught a salmon, but it was no ordinary salmon - it was The Salmon of Knowledge. The poet came back to Fionn and told him what had happened. The poet and Fionn started to cook the salmon. The poet went off to get some vegetables and left Fionn to watch the fish but said "Don't dare taste the fish until I come back" and Fionn did as the poet told him. After a while Fionn realised there was a blister on the side of the fish and put his thumb on it to burst it and then he put his thumb in his mouth to ease the pain and by doing that he got the gift of knowledge. Fionn told the poet and he was devastated, but the poet insisted that Fionn became the leader of the Fianna. Fionn won many battles with the Fianna.