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Fol. 23. A legend of the Infancy and Life of Christ, as 

 revealed by the Virgin Mary to St. Bernard. 



Fol. 29. A sermon in Irish on the text, " Omnia quae- 

 ciinque vultis ut faciant vobis homines, et vos facite iUis." 



" Fol. 30, b. A sermon on the text, " Cum ergo fades 

 elimosinam." 



There ai'e copies of these sermons in the Leabhar Breac. 



Fol. SS, a. The celebrated Chronological Poem of GioUa 

 Ccemgin, beginning with the Creation, and carried down to 

 the year 1072, when its author flourished — See O'Reilly's 

 Irish Writers (Trans. Hiberno-Celtic Soc. vol. i.), p. Ixxx. 



There is a very ancient copy of this poem in the Library 

 of Trinity College Dubhn, MS. H. 2, 18. 



Fol. 38 to 42. Genealogies of the Irish Saints. 



Fol. 43, a. The three sons of Moses, &c. 



• h. " Incipit inventio sanctae crucis." 



Fol. 57, b. A tract containing the fabulous history of 

 Ireland before the Deluge, as related by Fintan, one of the 

 ante-diluvian colonists of Ireland, who, under various trans- 

 migrations, is supposed to have survived the deluge. This 

 work ends with an account of a convocation of the states of 

 Ireland held at Tara, in the sixth century, under Dermot 

 M'Cearbhaill (Carroll). There is a fine copy of it in the 

 Library of Trinity College, MS. H. 2, 16. 



Fol. 58. The history of Mac Datho's hog. Mac Datho 

 was king of Leinster in the first century. He invited the 

 kings of Connaught and Ulster to a feast, with a view to sow 

 dissensions between them for his own political ends. At this 

 feast there was served up an enormous hog, the cutting up 

 of which, and the assigning to each chieftain his proper 

 share, became a matter of fierce contention between the 

 guests, and produced the effect intended by their crafty en- 

 tertainer. 



There are two copies of this legend in the Library of 

 Trinity College, MS., H. 2, 18, and H. 3, 18. 



