 Many men claimed to be the hero, but a seer said they must all try on the boot.Finally, every man had tried it except the cowherd.They sent twenty men for him, but he overpowered them; when they sent another twenty, he overpowered them as well; finally, the seer told the king to go himself, and when the king asked and told him not to mind his work, Seán Ruadh came.