He visits Eumaeus, the swineherd, who happens to be hosting a disguised Odysseus. Townsfolk furthermore had their own cowherds and a swineherd. The prince then disguises himself and applies for the position of swineherd at the palace. A swineherd is a person who raises and herds pigs as livestock. They meet Susan Warren, a female swineherd who also reminds Ebenezer of Joan. Gurth the swineherd and Wamba the jester discuss life under Norman rule. The tale is a variation on his earlier "The Swineherd". There are various legends that he worked as a swineherd during this period. The swineherd took the kitten and cast in into the Menai Strait. Eof was a swineherd who claimed to have seen a vision of the Virgin Mary.