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"The Harvard Classics, Volume 49, Epic and Saga With Introductions And Notes"

e. thy tabu.
"Thou shalt not go righthandwise round Tara and lefthandwise round
Bregia.
"The evil-beasts of Cerna must not be hunted by thee.
"And thou shalt not go out every ninth night beyond Tara.
"Thou shalt not sleep in a house from which firelight is manifest
outside, after sunset, and in which light is manifest from without.
"And three Reds shall not go before thee to Red's house.
"And no rapine shall be wrought in thy reign.
"And after sunset a company of one woman or one man shall not enter the
house in which thou art.
"And thou shalt not settle the quarrel of thy two thralls.
Now there were in his reign great bounties, to wit, seven ships in every
June in every year arriving at Inver Colptha[5], and oakmast up to the
knees in every autumn, and plenty of fish in the rivers Bush and Boyne
in the June of each year, and such abundance of good will that no one
slew another in Erin during his reign. And to every one in Erin his
fellow's voice seemed as sweet as the strings of lutes.


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