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Scotch. 



" Annit doif skayle beg er Finn 

 Ne skayl nac curre in suym a 

 Err vac Cowle fa ma't ghelle 

 Fa cowinsey ra me ray. 



" Di wamyn beggan sloyeg 

 Ag Ess royg ny negg in mawle 

 Di chemyn fa holt yr lerr 

 Currych mor agus ben ann. 



" Keigyt Leich yownych mane Reic 

 Fa mat er gneeit er gyc gart 

 Ffir yar nesh is marg a cheith 

 Di youmist er gi teir nert." 



Translation, (Report, p. 99. j 



" Know ye a short taJe of Fa^al, 

 A tale that claims your attention ; 

 It concerns the son of Comhal of powerful 



sway, 

 Whom, while I live, I shall in woe remember. 



" We were few in his train. 

 By the fall of Roya, that softly murmurs, 

 Where we saw a large sailed boat afar. 

 Which conveyed a fair over ocean, 



" Fifty alert heroes sat round the king ; 

 Trusty were their deeds in support of right 

 How unlike, alas ! are they whom I behold 



in your stead ; 

 Oh ye, whose strength coald control each 



land ! " 



Irish. 



" Sgeal beag agum air Fhinn 

 Ni sgel nach ccuirfidh a suim e 

 Air mhac Cubhaill ba maith ghoil 

 Ba cumhain sin re mo rae. 



" Do bhamairne beagan sloigh 

 Air Easruadh mhic Bobhalr na moill 

 Tig chugainn fa sheoil air lear 

 An curach beag is bean ann. 



" Caogad laoch dhuinn mun Ri 

 Ba maith ar ngniomh 'sar ngart 

 Fir dar ndeis as mairgad chi 

 Do ghabhamaois air gach crich neart," 



Literal Translation. 



" I have a small story on Finn ; 

 It is not a story that you will not value ; 

 On the son of Cubhall : great was his 



prowess. 

 That shall be remembered during my time. 



" We were a small host. 

 At the Eas of Ruadh son of Bovar of the heap. 

 There came to us sailing on the ocean. 

 The little cot, and a woman therein. 



" We were fifty heroes round the king. 

 Good were our actions and our renown. 

 It is sorrowful to look on the men after us ; 

 We seized power in every country," 



