135. Trí fuidb dotcadaig: ráthaiges, etargaire, fiadnaise. Dotoing dia fiadnaisi, íccaid dia ráthaiges, doberar béimm n-etaigaire ina chinn.

[Note 135: foidb dothcadaigh M toindid a fiadnaisi BM iccaid a rathaigecht beiridh builleadha etargaire ina cind BM.]

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136. Trí sethraeha góa: béss, dóig, toimtiu.

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137. Trí bráthair uamain: sta! sit! coiste!

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[Note 137: braitri N omain BM ist sta [et] coisde BM sta sit coist N]

138. Trí mairb fortgellat for bíu: med, airmed, forrach.

[Note 138: forgellait H for fiu BM meid armeid BM forach H]

139. Trí brothcáin rátha: rothicc, rosiacht, rotochtaig.

[Note 139: brothcain ratha N raithi L rodícc rosiacht roto_n_cai N]

140. Trí dubthrebtha: tuga co fúatchai, imme co for[.n]gaire, tírad co n-aurgorad.

[Note 140: doidbtrebtai tugai co fodaib imed co forrngaire N tuighe go foidibh M co foitib Lec tiriudh M]

141. Trí hiarnduba: fer tochmairc, fer gaite meirle, fer hic aisnéis.

[Note 141: fear fochairc Lec fer aisneisi N]

142. Trí maic beres drús do lonnus: tuilféth, fidchell, dulsaine.

[Note 142: lundus N tulfeith N dullsaine L]

143. Trí maic beres féile do ainmnit: grúss, rúss, rucca.

144. Trí maic beres neóit do deinmnait: crith, dochell, grith.

[Note 144: deinmnet N grith crith doicell N]

145. Trí húar fíchte: tipra, muir, núæ corma.

146. Trí fúammann móaigthe: fúam bó mblecht, fúam cerdchæ, fúam aratbair.

[Note 146: fuamandu moaigti N moigthi L fuaim bo mblicht N]

128. Three tokens of a blessed site: a bell, psalm-singing, a synod (of elders).

129. Three tokens of a cursed site: elder, a corncrake, nettles.[82]

[82] See my edition of _Cáin Adamnáin_, p. 13, note 3, and p. 38.

130. Three nurses of theft: a wood, a cloak, night.

131. Three qualities[83] that bespeak good fortune: self-importance, ..., self-will.

132. Three qualities[84] that bespeak misfortune: weariness, (premature) old age, reproachfulness.

133. Two sisters: weariness and wretchedness.

134. Two brothers: prosperity and husbandry.

135. Three unlucky...:[85] guaranteeing, mediating, witnessing. The witness has to swear to his evidence, the guarantor has to pay for his security, the mediator gets a blow on his head.[86]

[85] The usual meanings of _fodb_, 'accoutrement, equipment, arms,' do not seem to suit here.