[86] Literally, 'the blow of mediation is dealt on his head.'
136. Three false sisters: 'perhaps,' 'may be,' 'I dare say.'
137. Three timid brothers: 'hush!' 'stop!' 'listen!'
138. Three dead things that give evidence on live things: a pair of scales, a bushel, a measuring-rod.
139. Three pottages of guaranteeing....[87]
[87] Obscure and probably corrupt. Cf. § 219.
140. Three black husbandries: thatching with stolen things,[88] putting up a fence with a proclamation of trespass, kiln-drying with scorching.
141. Three after-sorrows: a wooer's, a thief's, a tale-bearer's.
142. Three sons whom folly bears to anger: frowning, ... ,[89] mockery (?).
[89] _fidchell_, the well-known game, gives no sense here.
143. Three sons whom generosity bears to patience: ... , blushing, shame.
144. Three sons whom churlishness bears to impatience: trembling, niggardliness, vociferation.
145. Three cold things that seethe: a well, the sea, new ale.
146. Three sounds of increase: the lowing of a cow in milk, the din of a smithy, the swish of a plough.
147. Trí hana antreinn: tipra i sléib, tene a liic, ana la fer calad.
[Note 147: luc MSS. anai la fear calaid N]
148. Trí aithgine in domuin: brú mná, uth bó, ness gobann.
[Note 148: haitgine N aithgeinit L corathgen B coratgen M bru birite BM meas(!) BMLec]
149. Trí diubarta forsná íada dílse: tinnscra mná, imthomailt lánamna, iarraid maicc.
[Note 149: hiad N imtomailt N iarr_aid_ menicc(!) L]
150. Trí cuir tintaiter do réir britheman: cor mná [et] micc [et] bothaich.
151. Trí nata[t] túalaing sainchuir: mac beo-athar, ben aurnadma, dóer flatha.
152. Trí maic nad rannat orbai: mac muini [et] aurlai [et] ingine fo thrilis.
153. Trí ái nad eplet faill: ái dochuind, [et] dochraite, [et] anfis.
154. Trí fuile ná dlegat frecor: fuil catha, [et] eóit, [et] etargaire.
155. Trí fuchachta nad increnat slabrai: a gabáil ar écin, a sleith tri mescai, a turtugud do ríg.
156. Trí ná dlegat turbaidi: athchor maic, aicdi cherdai, gíallaigecht.
[Note 156: nad dlegait turbaid N aige cerda N]
157. Trí aithne ná dlegat taisec: aithne n-écuind, [et] ardneimid [et] aithne fuirmeda.
[Note 157: haitne nad dlegait taisec N ecoind N fuirmidai L]
158. Trí mairb direnaiter beoaib: aball, coll, fidnemed.