 Furbaide measures the distance from the pool to the shore with a rope, and practices with his sling until he can hit an apple on top of a stake from that distance.The next time he sees Medb bathing, he shoots the nearest missile to hand – a piece of cheese – at her, and kills her.In the "Dindsenchas" poem he kills the mother of Lugaid Riab nDerg, and Lugaid pursues and kills him in revenge.