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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Triads of Ireland, by Kuno Meyer This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Triads of Ireland Author: Kuno Meyer Release Date: March 17, 2010 [EBook #31672] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TRIADS OF IRELAND *** Produced by Geetu Melwani, Brian Foley, Christine D. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Transcriber's note: Linenotes and Footnotes moved as close as possible to their applicable entry to facilitate readability.] ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY TODD LECTURE SERIES VOLUME XIII. KUNO MEYER, PH.D. THE TRIADS OF IRELAND [Illustration] DUBLIN HODGES, FIGGIS, & CO., LTD. LONDON: WILLIAMS & NORGATE 1906 _Printed by_ PONSONBY & GIBBS, _Dublin University Press_ CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE, v-xv TEXT AND TRANSLATION, 1-35 GLOSSES AND NOTES, 36-43 INDEX LOCORUM, 45-46 INDEX NOMINUM, 46 GLOSSARY, 47-54 PREFACE The collection of Irish Triads, which is here edited and translated for the first time, has come down to us in the following nine manuscripts, dating from the fourteenth to the nineteenth century:-- =L=, _i.e._ the Yellow Book of Lecan, a vellum of the end of the fourteenth century, pp. 414_b_--418_a_, a complete copy. =B=, _i.e._ the Book of Ballymote, a vellum of the end of the fourteenth century, pp. 65_b_-66_b_ (ends imperfectly). =M=, _i.e._ the Book of Hui Maine, a vellum of the fourteenth century, fo. 190_a_[1]-fo. 191_a_[2]. A complete copy beginning: 'Ceand Erenn Ardmacha,' and ending: 'tri hurgairt bidh a caitheam diescaidheadh (_sic_) a chaitheam iarna coir a caitheam gan altughudh.' Then follow proverbial sayings from the 'colloquy of Cormac and Cairpre,' such as: 'Dedhe ara ndligh gach maith domelar ithe [et] altugud. Anas deach gacha fleidhe a cainaltughudh [et] a mochdingbail. Caidhe deach samtha. Ni _hansa_. Gal gan forran. Deasgaidh codu
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