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911.
Faidh breagach an saoghalso ‘sna humhlaigh •
Length: middling 30stt
Certainty: 5
Period:
17th early
Areas:
Ulster
Classes:
Didactic
Manuscripts:
Göttingen Hist 773 A. O Conch. 1659
BL Sloane 3567 Cuch. MagUidhir 1664-
TCD 1399 (H.5.28) 1679
Francis. (flyleaf of De quaestiones) 1672
Sir Con O’Neill’s MS (Eigse xiii) 1681
Prints:
text Mac Giolla Eain, Danta Ceitinn, pp. 31-7
Motifs:
Envoi to BVM
eulogy of personal appearance
description of clothes
sin and repentance
inevitability of death
renunciation of world
decay after death
works of mercy
Creed
Classical allusions
Poet Christian Names:
Seathrun RIA 678 BL Eg. 174 Fr.A39a etc
Proinsias Caoch (BL Sloane 3567)
Poet Surnames:
Ceitinn (“San Mairgreag� RIA 55)
MacMuircheartaigh
Apologue Subclasses:
Provident Bee, stores summer honey
Meter Vars:
Amhran
Poem:
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