Teora saoba sanasa Leithe Cuind roc[h]aras-[s]a:
Mochuda cona clamhra[i]d d'ionnarba a Rathain roghlain,
cur Coluim Cille tar sal, timdibhe saeghail Ciarain.

Three things there are for which the Son of living God is
not grateful: haughty piety, harsh reproof, reviling a
person if it is not certain.[4]

[4] LB., p. 225 marg. inf., and Brussels MS. 5100, fo. 86_a_:

Fuil tri ni (a tri Br.) dona (danach Br.) buidech mac De bi:
crabud uallach, coisced (coiccsed Br.) serb, ecnach duine mad inderb.

Three things there are for which the King of the sun is
grateful: union of brethren, upright conversation, serving
at the altar of God.[5]

[5] Edinburgh MS. xl, p. 28, and Brussels MS. 5100, fo. 86_a_:

Fuil treide dianab buidech ri greine:
oenta brathar, comrad (fodail Ed.) cert, altoir De do thimthirecht.

Woe to the three folk in horrid hell of great blasts: folk
who practise poetry, folk who violate their orders,
mercenaries.[6]

[6] LB., p. 236, marg. inf.:

Mairg na tri lucht a n-iffirn uathmar anside:
oes dogni dan, oes choilles grad, oes amsaine.

Three things there are which do not behove the poor of
living God: ingratitude for his life whatever it be,
grumbling, and flattery.[7]

[7] LB., p. 238, marg. inf.:

Fuil tri ni na dlegair do bocht De bi:
dimmda da bethaid cipe, cesacht ocus aibele.

The following modern triads I owe to a communication from Dr. P.W.
Joyce, who heard them in his youth among the people of Limerick:--

Three things to be distrusted: a cow's horn, a dog's tooth,
and a horse's hoof.

Three disagreeable things at home: a scolding wife, a
squalling child, and a smoky chimney.

The three finest sights in the world: a field of ripe wheat,
a ship in full sail, and the wife of a Mac Donnell with
child.[8]

[8] This triad comes from the Glynns of Antrim, the Mac Donnells'
district.

In our collection an arrangement of the Triads in certain groups,
according to their contents, is discernible. Thus, the first
sixty-one--of which, however, the opening thirty-one are no Triads at
all--are all topographical; and among the rest, those dealing with legal
matters stand out clearly (Secs. 149-172).

When the collection was made we have no means of ascertaining, except
from int