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20. A bheith i mbrataibh (al. ‘mbeartaibh’) loma $
Length: short 1 q
Certainty: 0
Classes:
  1. on poetic art
Manuscripts:
  1. RIA2 (23/F/16) O’Gara MS 1655-9
  2. RIA739 David O Duigenan 1651-2
  3. RIA153 (23/M/17) S. MacSolaidh c1714
  4. RIA156 (23/D/5)Sean MacSolaidh 1715
  5. RIA 629 (23/A/45) M. MacGorman1745
Prints:
  1. text Eigse v, 138
Motifs:
  1. education of poets ?
Meter Vars:
  1. deibhidhe
Poem:

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A bheith i mbrataibh loma

[RIA 2 (23/F/16), ‘O’Gara’, 14]

[Deibhidhe, Dán Díreach?]


A bheith a mbrataibh loma

ní nár do mac(aibh) foghlom(h)aa

buille ar mheath ni nár do neach

’s a dhán do bheith ar bis[e]ach.