orr N chuirr L Ceitig N leigitt N do doich N heisenaib eisib [et]
nochan fagbuid N eolus _om._ L hairm in doich N]

238. Tri luchra ata mesa: luchra tuinde, luchra mna boithe, luchra con
foleimnige.

[Note 238: _om._ LHBM luchra duine H^1 foleimnigh N]

239. Cisne tri ana soitcedach? Ni handsa son. Immarchor erlam, cuirm cen
arus, cummairce for set.

[Note 239: a tri N]

240. Tri maic beres genas do gais: gal, gart, gaire.

241. Tri airfite dala: druth, fuirsire, oirce.

[Note 241: druith H^1]

242. Tri ata ferr do [.f]laith: fir, sith, slog.

[Note 242: adda H^1]

243. Tri ata mesa do [.f]laith: len, brath, miairle.

[Note 243: adda H^1 ada N]

244. Ceithre bais breithe: a breith i ngo, a breith cen dilse, a breith
cen ailig, a breith cen forus.

[Note 244: disle H^1 disliu N]

245. Tri adcoillet gais: anfis, doas, dichuimne.

[Note 245: a tri N ainbh[.f]es H^1 duas H^1]

246. Tri muime ordain: delb chain, cuimne maith, creisine.

[Note 246: ordan H^1 chaoin H^1]

247. Tri muime menman: sotla, suirge, mesce.

[Note 247: socla .i. sochlu H^1]

248. Cetheora miscne flatha: .i. fer baeth utmall, fer doer dimain. fer
guach esindraic, fer labor disceoil; ar ni tabair labrai acht do
chethrur: .i. fer cerda fri hair [et] molad, fer coimgni cuimnech fri
haisneis [et] scelugud, brethem fri bretha, sencha fri senchas.

249. Tri dorcha in betha: aithne, rathaiges, altrom.

237. Three wonders of Connaught: the grave of Eothaile[119] on its
strand. It is as high as the strand. When the sea rises, it is as high
as the tide.

The stone of the Dagda. Though it be thrown into the sea, though it be
put into a house under lock, ... out of the well at which it is.

The two herons in Scattery island. They let no other herons to them into
the island, and the she-heron goes on the ocean westwards to hatch and
returns thence with her young ones. And coracles have not discovered the
place of hatching.

[119] _Cf._ Sec. 197.

238. Three worst smiles: the smile of a wave, the smile of a lewd woman,
the grin of a dog ready to leap.[120]

[120] _Cf._ Sec. 91.

239. What are the three wealths of fortunate people? Not hard to tell. A
ready conveyance(?), ale without a habitation(?), a safeguard upon the
road.

240. Three sons whom chastity bears to wisdom: valour, generosity,
laughter (filial piety?).

241. Three entertainers of a gathering: a jester, a juggler, a lap-dog.

242. Three thi