[179.] Three hateful things in speech: stiffness,[100] obscurity, a bad delivery.
[100] In Mod. Ir. righneas labhartha means 'an impediment in speech.' See Dinneen's Dictionary, s.v.
[180.] Three steadinesses of good womanhood: keeping a steady tongue, a steady chastity, and a steady housewifery.
181. Three strayings of bad womanhood: letting her tongue,[101] and ... and her housewifery go astray.
[101] Literally, 'stories.'
[182.] Three excellences of dress: elegance, comfort, lastingness.
[183.] Three that are not entitled to sick-maintenance: a man who absconds from his chief, from his family, from a poet.
[184.] Three sauces that spoil a sick-bed: ...,[102] honey, salt food.
[102] I believe echmuir to be the name of a plant: but I cannot find the reference.