ed at a time when the diocese had superseded
the old monastic constitution. As to the 'drop upon the altar,' though
O'Neachtain's gloss explains it as 'rain' (bainne .i. fer[th]uinn
anuas), the Rev. Mr. O'Sullivan has furnished me with a much more likely
explanation. He thinks it refers to the spilling of the consecrated wine
from the chalice, which is considered a most unfortunate accident. No
one but a priest is allowed to touch or remove it.

71. .i. tri donais mhic bodaigh. re oigthigerna .i. re duine uasal. for
thascar righ .i. ceimionnadh mora do ghlacadh air (!) .i. do thabhairt
uaidhe do striopach (!) .i. do thocaidhibh no ar son gatuigechtadh.

72. targha .i. tineol no cruinnugadh .i. malairt [.f]erainn mhaith ar
dhrochferonn.

74. haonaighe nesairte .i. eisert .i. bochtain lag. gan airdhe .i. gan
comhartha no arra aige le gcennocha ni.

75. caol srithide a foilleirb .i. an sreab bainne da chru .i. soidech.
.i. fochan an gheamhair. for tuinn .i. faoi an cennar chroichin .i. ag
denamh druithnechuis.

76. dorn daimh .i. cos ag treabhath.

77. mes .i. o laimh. tomharas .i. o [.s]uil. cubhus .i. ona coimhesa .i.
coimhfiosa.

79. eadruidh .i. adhaltraigh. cluithe .i. clesuighes. ceilighe .i.
cuairt.

80. maoin .i. tabhartus d'faghail uaide.

81. dognas .i. nemhghnas. diomaoinche .i. dith maoine .i. do chuid do
bhuain dhiod.

83. troich .i. do gerr[.s]aoghul. Cp. _Aisl. Maic Conglinne_, p. 71, 20.

84. aine la daor .i. saidhbrios ag daor neimhnidh .i. aithioch no fer
gan senchus. doidheilbh .i. duine gran[n]amh.

85. bo bennach gan eas .i. sreibh no bainne. tothacht .i. gan tabhacht
faoithe .i. tochus.

86. aibhle .i. splangca lasta gradha. aladh .i. hesa maith.

87. .i. tri ni curthar a ttaisge ara ccurtar caithemh. mna .i. taisge.

88. teidhe (_sic_) .i. aonaigh.

89. Seghaine .i. caomha no seimhe. fathrann .i. rann fathach. adhbhann
tri ciuil do [.s]einimh duine eile. berradh .i. eolus berr[th]a no do
bherrath go des. These three accomplishments were united in the person
of Mac Dichoeme, the barber of King Eochaid with horse's ears (_Otia
Merseiana_, III., p. 47), and in Donnbo (_Three Fragments_, p. 34, and
Rev. Celt. 24, p. 44).

90. cluiche tenn .i. sugradh ten[n]. abhacht go n-aithis .i. sugradh le
masla do thabairt.

91. .i. iar n-ealo ona fer fein. foileimnighe .i. chum do gerrtha .i.
iar leigion sealga uaithe.

92. foghladha .i. gadaighe.

93. .i. tri haonarain is ferr iona iomad.