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Tochmarc Étaíne - §§ 1-9
§ 8. Eochaid Airem imposes burdens on Midir (2)
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Third tale of Tochmarc Étaíne, ed. and tr. Osborn Bergin • R. I. Best, ‘Tochmarc Étaíne’, Ériu 12 (1934–1938): 174–193, based on LU (RIA MS 23 E 25), NLI MS G 4 and BL, MS Egerton 1782.
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§ 8. There is an anecdote on the means of yoking oxen. While men used to attach the ploughs to the animals’ foreheads, the people of the síd-mounds place yokes on their shoulders. Eochaid Airem adopts this practice, hence his epithet Airem (‘Ploughman’). The host is heard making a chant concerning the causeway, beg. ‘Coire a laim, tochra i laim’ [see § 12].
§ 8. There is an anecdote on the means of yoking oxen. While men used to attach the ploughs to the animals’ foreheads, the people of the síd-mounds place yokes on their shoulders. Eochaid Airem adopts this practice, hence his epithet Airem (‘Ploughman’). The host is heard making a chant concerning the causeway, beg. ‘Coire a laim, tochra i laim’ [see § 12].
The anecdote of § 8, a version of which occurs in Cóir anmann, is discussed by Cozette Griffin-Kremer, ‘Wooings and works: an episode on yoking oxen in the Tochmarc Étaine and the Cóir anmann’, Eolas: The Journal of the American Society of Irish Medieval Studies 4 (2010).
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yoking oxen; Otherworld;
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Eochaid Airem <strong>Eochaid Airem</strong> <br>(<i>time-frame ass. with</i> Eochaid Airem,Subject) <br>Eochaid <em>Airem</em> (‘Ploughman’), legendary high-king of Ireland, known from the tale of <em>Tochmarc Étaíne</em>.
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Mide
Tethba
Móin Lámraige
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Móin Lámraige
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Ir. airem
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related: Cóir anmann
Beg. Coire a laim, tochra i laim (chant)
