180 HORSE 



Le 'n ceithir searracli dhiag dhubha dhubhach 



Tri miiathan dia<if geala geala ^eal-breideach 



Da ghille dhiag breac-luirgneach 



Aon fheadag dhiag fhad speireach 



Deich ba ceaiui-fliioiin croidhioiina lairceach 



Naoi tarbh mhaola dhonna chorc-chluasach 



Ochd cailleachan miogagacha magagacha magach 



Seachd gobhair ghiorragacha gharragacha dhaite 



Sia mucan biadhta coig faineachan oir 



Ceithir sraibh mhuillein 



Tri coin ghurra 



Da chrann-lacha 



'S isean-circe 's a chas briste 's beart air a mhuin. 



Fifteen black dusky stallions with their fifteen excellent 

 dark dusky parts, fourteen black dusky mares with 

 their fourteen foals, thirteen white white women white 

 kerchiefed, twelve speckle-shanked lads, eleven long- 

 legged plovers, ten white-headed brown-hoofed treading 

 cows, nine brown hornless slit-eared bulls, eight sly 

 sneering mocking old wives, eight coloured greedy 

 gluttonous goats, six stall-fed pigs, six golden rings, 

 four mill straws, three hatching hens, two teals, and a 

 hen-chicken with her leg broken and a burden on 

 her back. 



The steps from horse to hen are worth noting. A mill wheel is 

 described as follows : — 



Each dubh, dubh, a mire ris an t-sruth 

 'S cha 'n 'eil an Eirinn no 'n Albainn 

 Na leumas air a mhuin. 



A black, black horse sporting with the stream 

 And there is not in Ireland or in Scotland 

 One that will leap on his back. 



Wind and rain in fierce conflict is apostrophised as follows : — 

 Each dubh 's each donn, 's iad bonn ri bonn, 



Ged is luaithe an t-each dubh, 's seachd luaithe an t-each donn. 

 Marcach sion. 



A black and a brown horse, hoof to hoof. 

 Though swift the black horse, the brown is proof. 



A' cuir an eich 's e 'n a fhallus. 



Urging on the sweating horse. 

 A' cuir glais air an stabuU an deigh na h-eich a ghoid. 



Putting a lock on the stable after the horses are stolen. 



