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Page 8
... songs in praise of his ancestry ; to animate him in the combat by recalling their achievements in his verse ; and to sing the caoine , or death song , at his burial . None was more profoundly skilled than Conla in the hundred modes of ...
... songs in praise of his ancestry ; to animate him in the combat by recalling their achievements in his verse ; and to sing the caoine , or death song , at his burial . None was more profoundly skilled than Conla in the hundred modes of ...
Page 17
... song , the dance , gave anima- tion to the scene of pleasure . The sun had sunk beyond the western ocean , and rushen torches of prodigious size supplied the absence of his light . The youths and maidens of the surrounding septs glided ...
... song , the dance , gave anima- tion to the scene of pleasure . The sun had sunk beyond the western ocean , and rushen torches of prodigious size supplied the absence of his light . The youths and maidens of the surrounding septs glided ...
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... song . The bard chose for his subject the ancient achievements of the stock from which they were descended . He sang of the invasion of Ith , and of the unhappy fate of that adventurer ; of the treacherous hospitality of the three sons ...
... song . The bard chose for his subject the ancient achievements of the stock from which they were descended . He sang of the invasion of Ith , and of the unhappy fate of that adventurer ; of the treacherous hospitality of the three sons ...
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... song of the filea , nor in the gifts which he received from the assembled chiefs . It had also been observed that he did not kneel with the guests during the short prayer which they offered up immediately after the conclusion of the ...
... song of the filea , nor in the gifts which he received from the assembled chiefs . It had also been observed that he did not kneel with the guests during the short prayer which they offered up immediately after the conclusion of the ...
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... song worth his praise . He has better harping in the Coom na Druid . ” " The voice is good , and the harping too , " replied the Druid chief . " The Christain boasts a little ; that is all . " O'Haedha unfortunately afforded a proof ...
... song worth his praise . He has better harping in the Coom na Druid . ” " The voice is good , and the harping too , " replied the Druid chief . " The Christain boasts a little ; that is all . " O'Haedha unfortunately afforded a proof ...
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