Discusses the numerical correspondences used in the ‘apple scene’ of the Irish narrative, and examines their parallels with those mentioned in the fourth book of the Anglo-Saxon Handbook. Appendixes contain (1) the two versions of the Irish text (RIA MS 23 P 16 and TCD MS H 3. 18), with English translation, and (2) the relevant passages of Byrhtferth (Latin text with English translation).