362 Mr. PETEIE'S Inquiry into the Origin and 



pin oa lan-loj bep paip ; 7 in c-amm painne gabup in cpann in a cloic jupub e in c-amm 

 painne pn DO ler-loj bep F al P> 7 T e P alnn pachup ap na anmannaib painne pin in poinn 

 ceir 05 un oupchnc. 



" In cloiccech: aichrup pioeoo comup, a comuppioe pe h-iccup in oaimliaj pe n-a cucpuma- 

 oe, 7 in imapcpaio a ta ap a pac, 7 ap a leceo in oaimliag o pn imach o chocoriiup in cloccije 

 imac, ipu piajail pioe pe aipoe in clocrije; 7 oa paib imapcpaio aip, .1. ap aipoe in cloccige 

 pip in oaimliaj, ip comop loj; pip, in cucpuma loijioecca pin DO cabaipc ap in cloccech." 



" If it be a duirtheach of fifteen feet, or less than that, that is, fifteen feet in its length, and ten 

 feet in its breadth, a heifer for every foot of it in breadth, or for every foot and a half in length ; 

 this is when the roof is of rushes : but if the roof be of slinn* [shingles], it is a cow for every foot 

 of it in breadth, or for every foot and a half in length. If it be more than fifteen feet, a heifer for 

 [every] two-thirds of a foot of it in breadth, or for [every] foot in length ; this is when the roof 

 is of rushes : if the roof be of shingles, a cow for [every] two-thirds of a foot of it in breadth, or for 

 [every] foot in length. 



" That is the price of the duirtheachs according to law ; and a third of it for trade [i. e. for the 

 builder], and a third for materials, and a third for diet, and for attendance, and for smiths ; and it 

 is according to the right of the smiths when they are required, that [third] is apportioned between 

 them ; and half the third to the smiths alone, that is, a sixth ; the other sixth to be divided into 

 two parts between diet and attendance, one-twelfth to each of them ; and if it be an apportionment 

 for a work in which the smith is not required, to divide it [the third] into two parts between diet 

 and attendance. If it be a work for which land is required [i. e. the site of which must be pur- 

 chased], and for which a smith is not required, a third for trade, and a third for land, and a third 

 for materials, and for food, and for attendance ; the half of that [last third] for materials alone, 

 [that is] a sixth ; the other sixth for diet and for attendance, that is a twelfth for each of them. 



" The daimhliag: if its covering be of shingles, it is of equal price with the duirtheach, which 

 is proportioned to it. If its covering be of rushes, the proportion which stone [work] bears to wood 

 [work] is the proportion of full price that shall be for it ; and the proportion which wood [work] 

 bears to stone [work] is the proportion of half price that shall be for it ; and these proportions will 

 be distributed according to the rule applied to the duirtheach. 



" The cloictheach : its base to be measured ; that [again] to be measured with the base of the 

 flaimhliag for [determining] its proportions ; and the excess of the length and breadth of the 

 ilaimhliag over it [i. e.] over the measurement of the cloictheach, that is the rule for the height of 

 the doictheach ; and if there should be an excess, i. e. in the height of the cloictheach compared with 

 the daimhliag, which is of equal price with it, a proportionate excess of price is to be paid for the 

 cloictheach.'''' 



Difficult of explanation as the preceding passage is, we may at least safely 

 infer from it that the cloictheach, or belfry, was a distinct building, constructed 



a Slinn is now used to denote slates, but the word is rendered shingks by Mageoghegan. The 

 use of slates for roofing seems to be of no great antiquity in Ireland. 



