Loch mac Mofemis was asked next.

They promised him a part of the fine Plain of Ai equal to the Plain of Murtheimne, with war-harness for a dozen men and a chariot worth seven bondmaids. But he thought it beneath him to fight with a boy. He had a brother Long mac Mofemis, and to him in turn they offered the same reward: the girl, the war-harness, the chariot and the land. He fought Cuchulainn and Cuchulainn slew him and he was carried in death up to his brother Loch. Loch said that if he could be sure it was a grown man that had killed him, he would kill him for it.
The women called out to Cuchulainn that people in camp were mocking at him because he had no beard; that it was only reckless men. and not their best warriors, that would fight him; and that it would be better if he made a beard with berry juice. He did this, to get Loch to fight him. And he plucked a fistful of grass and spoke into it and everyone believed he had a beard.
"Look," the women said, "Cuchulainn is bearded. A warrior may fight him now."

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