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|Description=Becc mac Dé is the best seer of his time, as the following anecdote illustrates. One day, he meets three men coming from Tara, each of whom asks him a question. Becc mac Dé answers them all in one reply. Even when there are nine of them, he can answer them in the same way. | |Description=Becc mac Dé is the best seer of his time, as the following anecdote illustrates. One day, he meets three men coming from Tara, each of whom asks him a question. Becc mac Dé answers them all in one reply. Even when there are nine of them, he can answer them in the same way. | ||
One day, Becc mac Dé is with Diarmait at Tara, who is much praised by eulogists (''in t-aes admolta''). Before Becc is Áed Dub, whose father is the late Suibne, king of Dál nAraidi. Diarmait had killed Suibne and taken Áed Dub into fosterage. Becc predicts that a canid (''cú conamail'' or ''cú ruad''), possibly Áed Dub, will destroy the house. Becc continues with a strikingly detailed and seemingly impossible picture of the king's death: | One day, Becc mac Dé is with Diarmait at Tara, who is much praised by eulogists (''in t-aes admolta''). Before Becc is Áed Dub, whose father is the late Suibne, king of Dál nAraidi. Diarmait had killed Suibne and taken Áed Dub into fosterage. Becc predicts that a canid (terms used include ''cú conamail'' or ''cú ruad''), possibly Áed Dub, will destroy the house. Becc continues with a strikingly detailed and seemingly impossible picture of the king's death: | ||
Diarmait will be in the house of Banbán the hospitaller when Áed Dub offers a poisonous drink to the king's mouth; the king will then wear a shirt woven from a single flax-weed and a mantle from a single sheep; drink ale brewed from a single grain; eat bacon of a pig that has | :Diarmait will be in the house of Banbán the hospitaller when Áed Dub offers a poisonous drink to the king's mouth; the king will then wear a shirt woven from a single flax-weed and a mantle from a single sheep; drink ale brewed from a single grain; eat bacon of a pig that has not been farrowed; and finally, a ridge-pole will fall on the king's head. | ||
All demand Áed's death, but Diarmait prefers to send him into exile in Scotland. | All demand Áed's death, but Diarmait prefers to send him into exile in Alba (Scotland). | ||
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|Persons=Becc mac Dé; Áed Dub mac Suibni; | |Persons=Becc mac Dé; Áed Dub mac Suibni; | ||
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|Title= | |Title=Áed Guaire and the protection of Ruadán | ||
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