Midir then goes to Eochaid in his true form and asks to play fidchell, a board game, with him. He offers a stake of fifty horses, loses, and gives Eochaid the horses as promised. Midir challenges him to more games, for higher stakes, and keeps losing. Eochaid, warned by his foster-father that Midir is a being of great power, sets him a series of tasks, including laying a causeway over Móin Lámrige, which he performs reluctantly. He then challenges Eochaid to one final game of fidchell, the stake to be named by the winner. This time, Midir wins, and demands an embrace and a kiss from Étaín. Eochaid agrees that he will have it if he returns in a month's time. A month later Midir returns. He puts his arms around Étaín, and they turn into swans and fly off.
midir then goes to eochaid in his true form and asks to play fidchell a board game with him he offers a stake of fifty horses loses and gives eochaid the horses as promised midir challenges him to more games for higher stakes and keeps losing eochaid warned by his foster-father that midir is a being of great power sets him a series of tasks including laying a causeway over móin lámrige which he performs reluctantly he then challenges eochaid to one final game of fidchell the stake to be named by the winner this time midir wins and demands an embrace and a kiss from étaín eochaid agrees that he will have it if he returns in a month's time a month later midir returns he puts his arms around étaín and they turn into swans and fly off