Todd Lecture Series Volume 5-6; V. 13-16 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ...hall soin da derpiris 7 rloe. Anno domini 1675. Guroiuh maitb. agat. hi tech foglass dodeime a tiprait oca mbi, it reads: ciafocearta im-muir, da beirthear hi tech fo glass no do theine, dogeiither ocean tiprait, ' though it be thrown into the sea, though it be put into a house under lock, or into fire, it will be found at the well.' In 121 for cerdai it reads cerd; in 139 it has rotioc and rotocht; in 143 for griiss its reading is grls; in 153 it has aibeuloit for eplet; in 217 tar a n-iisi for dia n-iisi; in 218 lomradh (twice) for lobra and indlighidh for i n-indligud; in 219 it has the correct reading Uric, and for ditliechte it reads ditheacht; in 220 it reads fri aroile for fria ciile; in 223 after He it adds imchiana; in 224 it reads gris brond A. galar; in 229 for meraichne it has mcaraigheacht; in 235 it has mhamus for mam; in 236 Maig Hi for Maig IAi; and for co ndeirgenai in dam de t reads co nderna in dam fria. Another copy, written in 1836 by Peter O'Longan, formerly in the possession of the Earls of Crawford, now belongs to the Kylands Library, Manchester, where it was found by Professor Strachan, who kindly copied a page or two for me. It is evidently a very corrupt copy which I have not thought worth the trouble of collating. Lastly, there is in the Advocates' Library a copy in a vellum manuscript marked Kilbride III. It begins on fo. W as follows: --' Treching breath annso. Ceann Eirind Ardmacha.' I hope to collate it before long, and give some account of it in the next number of this series. In all these manuscripts the Triads either follow upon, or precede, or are incorporated in the collections of maxims and proverbial sayings known as...