Part 10 (1/2)

[Note 117: _om._ BMHLec dirge N otrach N corotochra N a mbid na hichtar N huachtar N congnaim N]

118. Trede nemthigedar saer: dluthud cen fomus, cen fescred, lud luadrinna, beimm fo chommus.

[Note 118: _om._ BMHLec tri ara neimit_er_ N dluthugud N feiscre N ludh luaithreand N]

119. Trede neimthigedar liaig: digallrae, diainme, comchissi ce_n_ ainchiss.

[Note 119: _om._ BMHLec ara neimit_er_ liagh N coimcisin gin ainces N]

120. Trede neimthigedar gobainn: bir Neithin, fulacht na Morrigna, inneoin in Dagda.

[Note 120: _om._ BMHLec ara neimit_er_ gobaind N bir ndechin N]

121. Trede neimthigedar cerdai: fige ronn, caer comraic, plett for faebur.

[Note 121: _om._ BMHLec cerd N flet N]

122. Trede neimthigedar cruitire: golltraige, gentraige, suantraige.

[Note 122-123: _om._ BMHLec]

123. Trede neimthigedar filid: immas forosna, teinm laeda, dichetal di chennaib.

124. Da migairm mithocaid: commaidem do chetguine, do ben la fer n-aile.

[Note 124: atte da ni igairm (!) do neoch .i. maidem a c_het_guine [et] a bean do beith fri fer n-aill BM mitocaid N a cedgona N a ben la fer n-aile N]

125. Teora airi[se]na iarnduba: comar, cocless, clemnas.

[Note 125: tri hairnadmand BMN iardubha M coicless LM coicle M]

126. Tri bainne cetmuintire: bainne fola, bainne der, bainne aillse.

[Note 126: banda NBM]

127. Tri coiri bite in cach duini: coire erma, coire goriath, coire aiged.

[Note 127: core B duini L duine B goiriat N aitiu N notead B notheadh M]

116. Three things that const.i.tute a buffoon: blowing out his cheek, blowing out his satchel, blowing out his belly.

117. Three things that const.i.tute a comb-maker: racing a hound in contending for a bone; straightening a ram's horn by his breath, without fire; chanting upon a dunghill so that all antlers and bones and horns that are below come to the top.

118. Three things that const.i.tute a carpenter: joining together without calculating (?), without warping (?); agility with the compa.s.s; a well-measured stroke.

119. Three things that const.i.tute a physician: a complete cure, leaving no blemish behind, a painless examination.

120. Three things that const.i.tute a blacksmith: Nethin's spit, the cooking-hearth of the Morrigan, the Dagda's anvil.[77]

[77] For a description and pictures of these appliances, see YBL., p.