Mr. Petrie on the History and Antiquities of Tara Hill. 



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t)oib pop a meif cuipchip.'" 



Scolaiji, ocuf oeojbaipe, 



tJebpao cachup bpij; 



Cepp-cpoicce ooib ip cuic buan, 



po ^lun puoD ip pij. 



T?aiD ceapoa, ocup humaioio, 



ImmuppaiDi each, 



t)o beip cpocliair meDoin ooib, 



Hi oepoil in jpao. 



Igobainn, leji, luao cen aip, 



Qipecr nao bi paeb, 



Hoppco bpaich ap conaire, 



Qp Doppeice moel. 



IDiD DO chuachaib, ip luamnaib 



6uaice cap muip nslan, 



ITliljirain ooib, oijpap moo, 



pop meip po Dup cap. 



Saep chappair, ip cpeacoipe, 



Cen^aic pip ppia n-oan, 



Dlejaic cam-chnaim piao jac pi j, 



Ip Dijpaip in oail. 



Cleppamnaij, pceo puippeoipe, 



Soinmech a n-jpao n-jloip, 



Hipp coimcij ago boo p^PP? 



Do bep colpca doiB." 



Cuic cainci, ocup bpaijipe, 



Hi lecrap bi paiU, 



'Remuip n-imoa ooib co 5pinn, 



Hi Dimoa ppi painn." 



Is put for them on their dish. 



The scolaighi, and the cupbearer, 



Receive what props their strength ; 



A less-chroichte is their constant share, 



Under the knee of the suadh and the king. 



The raidh cearda, and the brazier, 



As all assert, 



A middle crochait is given to them. 



Not small the dignity. 



Smiths, physicians, — mention without satire — 



A party who are not foolish, 



A custom to be for ever in existence. 



To them is given a moel. 



Mead to the ttiatha", and the mariners 



Who sail over the clear sea, 



A milgitain for them, constant the custom. 



Upon a dish is put. 



The chariot-maker and the creacoire. 



Abide true to their art, 



Are entitled to a cam-chnamh before each king. 



The custom is constant. 



Jugglers, and buffoons. 



Pleasant their noisy calling 



No better share than theirs, 



A colptha is given to them. 



The share of the satirist, and h'aigire, 



Is not neglected. 



The fat of the shoulder to them pleasantly. 



Not unpleasant to be divided. 



^ Cuiplennaij peil, piochellaij, I n-aipioiu oiprhip, Ip colpca coip, cia pipe jleip, pop a 

 meipp CUipchep. — Book of Glendahugh. 



'^ In H, 2. 16, col. 929, the word tuathait is explained as signifying the persons that covered the shields with hides; 

 and in Cuan O'Lochain's poem, given above, page 148, they are called sciathaire, i. e. shield-makers. 



" The preceding six quatrains are omitted in the Book of Glendalough. 



" Cuiccamce ip bpaijipe. Hi leicchep i paill, Remup n-imoa, nuall co jpinn. Hi oimoa 



ppaino. — Book of Glendalougk. The braigire or braigiiori, as it is written on the ground-plans to follow, was 

 obviously a Bufibon as well as thefuirseoire ; and the different nature of their bufibonery is thus explained in the Leabhar 

 Bmdhe, coh 936 : — " puippeopaij .1. DO nfoD an puippeopacc ap a m-bealaiB — Spijeooipi .i. do 

 nicro in bpuijeoopacc op a conaib." The passage, however, will not bear a translation, but the office of the 

 braigitori, as indicated, will be understood from the following line of Dante : 



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