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Cath Maige Mucrama - §§ 34–37. Legend of Mag Mucrama
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§§ 34–37. Legend of Mag Mucrama —

Aside on Mag Mucrama in the time of Ailill and Medb amd the origin of its name (§§ 34–37), ed. and tr. Máirín O'Daly, Cath Maige Mucrama: The battle of Mag Mucrama (1975). Cf. the variant versions, in prose and verse, in the Dinnshenchas of Mag Mucrama.

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For seven years, the pigs from the cave laid bare the land, without anyone being able to stop them. First, they defied counting: whenever it was attempted, the pigs crossed over into the next territory, and those who managed to count them arrived at different numbers (3, 7, 9, 11 or 13). Second, the pigs vanished as soon as anyone tried to slay them.

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For seven years, the pigs from the cave laid bare the land, without anyone being able to stop them. First, they defied counting: whenever it was attempted, the pigs crossed over into the next territory, and those who managed to count them arrived at different numbers (3, 7, 9, 11 or 13). Second, the pigs vanished as soon as anyone tried to slay them.

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counting; numbers; magic pigs;