228. Three that are worst in a house: boys, women, lewdness.[111]

[111] 'Or, perhaps, as in § 223, 'sons of a lewd woman,' only in that case we have no triad.

[229.] Three signs of boorishness: strife, and contention, and mistaking a person for another (?)[112]

[112] Or, perhaps, 'slight or superficial knowledge.'

[230.] Various kinds of mercenaries: ....[113]

[231.] Various kinds of dispensers: ....[113]

[113] As I could only offer unsatisfactory guess-work as a translation of these passages, I omit them altogether.


[232.] Trí as anso bís do accallaim .i. rí imma gabáil ⁊ Gall ina lúirig ⁊ athech do muin commairchi.