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appemin appocapcpom ipobain ~\ bo munct mbecptn leip ap abco- 

 naipc pium lpin pi6 bat) ne pec 1pm beili5ib pip -| 501 ant>. t)o 

 bepcea bin m munci pin lm coip no nu laim in bume, -j non labab 

 uime co ceannao a coip no a laim be mab cuac, nip nido uime, 

 imoppo, biambab ennac. 



" Morann had another collar, viz., a little circlet which he had, like 

 a wooden collar. This circlet, then, he obtained from Ocamon, a fool, 

 on Sidh Arfemhin (the most celebrated fairy hill of Munster, near the 

 River Suir) ; for he sent him there to bring him this little circlet, which 

 he had seen used in the Sidh to distinguish [between things] true and 

 false. This collar was [wont to be] put round a man's hand, or leg, 

 and it would tighten until it would cut off the hand or leg if he were 

 criminal ; it would not tighten if he were innocent." 



The fifth form is described as : — 



Cpcmncup Seancai .i. Cpanchup bai la Seancha mac Gililla .1. 

 Oa cpanb Oo cup .1. cpanO bib bon ptg 1 cpanb bon liceac; ba 

 mab cmcac bo leanab a cpann ba boip. Oamab ennoc, imoppo, 

 ciceab po ceboip a cpanb app. lp amlaib bo ^nfct pm j. bicebal 

 pileb bo cancain poppo. 



" Crannchur Seanehai, i. e. a crannchur (casting of lots) which Se- 

 ancha, son of Ailill, had, viz. : — Two lots were put — one of them for the 

 king, and one for the litigant. If he [the latter] was guilty, his lot ad- 

 hered to his hand; if innocent, moreover, his lot did not adhere (lit., 

 came forth immediately). The way in which this was done was by 

 chaunting a poetical incantation over them." 



Seancha Mac Aililla is alleged to have lived in the first century of 

 this era. The present practice of casting lots is, no doubt, a relic of the 

 old Pagan custom ; but fortunately we do not at present attach crimi- 

 nality to the failure, as seems to have been the case with the Irish, in 

 common with the Jews, as appears from the instances already cited re- 

 garding Achan and Jonas. 



The next is — 



Leapcap babuipn .l.babuipn pi£. Luibbm a bean pibe bon cib- 

 pab conacca ba mnai ap na pibaib ocun cibpaib ; 1 bai plabpab 

 cpe&uitia ecuppo. Cc concabap m mnai bia pai^ib locap pon 

 cibpaib ; luibpibebm nanbiaib pon cibpaic, conaca nampa 1pm cpio 

 .1. lepcap glan. peap bobepeab ce6pabpiacap 56a paip conpcapab 

 pop aldim hi cpt ; peap acbepeab ceopa bpiacpa pipa poa con- 

 ce^eb app[pi]pbi. 5 a1t> & in bean babuipn m lepcap pin bo aep in 

 cfge. Oo bepca btpi mbi pm ; comba heabpm leapcap no bealaf- 

 be& 501 1 pip la babupn. 



" Eadhurn's Leastar (or vessel), i. e. King Badhurn. His wife went 

 to the well, and she saw two women from the Sidhe (fairy residences) 



