teite N buadnasa tétnai HBMLec

[89.] Trí ségainni Hérenn: fáthrann, adbann a cruit, berrad aigthe.

segaind M tri comartha segainn N segraind B Hérenn om. MB fatraind B fadbann N fadhbond MB aigthe om. BM a cruit om. MN


[74.] Three holidays[51] of a landless man[52]: visiting in the house of a blacksmith, visiting in the house of a carpenter, buying without bonds.

[51] Or, perhaps, 'fairs, foregatherings.'

[52] Or 'vagrant.'

[75.] Three slender things that best support the world: the slender stream of milk from the cow's dug into the pail, the slender blade of green corn upon the ground, the slender thread over the hand of a skilled woman.

[76.] Three hands that are best in the world: the hand of a good carpenter, the hand of a skilled woman, the hand of a good smith.