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Ad-fét Augustín...
prose
Early Irish anecdote attributed to St Augustine concerning a terrifying Leviathan-like monster in India, on land and in the sea, which is causing the tides by swallowing and spewing water and continually contends with the sun.
Late Middle Irish
Críchad an Chaoilli
prose
Topographical tract on the kingdom of Fir Maige Féne or Caílle (Caoille)
Early Modern IrishFir Maige Féne
Críchairecht na Midhe
prose
Short Irish tract on the extent and divisions of Midhe.
Irish languageMide
Cris finnáin dumimdegail imum
verse
beg. Cris Finnáin dum imdegail imum
Early Irish
Donal chon cendaid co cert
verse
7 st.
beg. Donál chon cendaid co cert
Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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Irish poem attributed to Colum Cille containing prognostications on the howling of dogs.
Early Irish
Dreanacht
form undefined
Passage on prognostications from a wren
Middle Irish
Fiachairecht
form undefined
Passage on prognostications from a raven
Irish note on Conaire Mór and the Ulster Cycle
prose
An Irish note found in BL Harley MS 5280 on the chronological relationship between Conaire Mór and certain tales of the Ulster Cycle.
Irish languageConaire Mór
Irish prognostications from thunder (Edinburgh Laing 21)
prose

Irish prognostics from thunder in the form of prose entries to a Latin calendar in Edinburgh, University Library, MS Laing  21, covering the months from January to October. The calendar itself refers to saints' feasts and astrological matter, with the prognostications given at the foot of each page.

Irish language
Irish prognostications from thunder (NLI G 1)
prose

Brief Irish prose tract containing a list of prognostications from thunder.

Irish language
Irish prognostications from thunder (RIA 23 M 30)
prose

Irish prose tract containing prognostications from thunder. 

Irish language
Irish prognostications from thunder (RIA C iv 2 et al)
form undefined

Irish prognostications from thunder in the form of prose entries to a calendar. The entries are given at the bottom of each page.

Irish language
Irish tract on the meaning of birthdays
prose
Prognostications based on the day of the week on which someone is born.
days of the week
Irish version of the Somniale Danielis
prose

Irish prose tract on omens and visions of the night, deriving from a version of the Somniale Danielis, a popular medieval Latin handbook for interpreting dreams.

Middle IrishEarly Modern Irish
Irish weather prognostications (Calann Enair for domnach)
prose
Fintan mac Bóchra
Fintan mac Bóchra
(time-frame ass. with universal history)
A figure of medieval Irish tradition who survives the Flood and lives to give eye-witness accounts of the history of Ireland

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Brief prose text attributed to Fintan (mac Bóchra?) offering prognostications of the weather from the day of the week on which the first (calends) of January falls. It belongs to the type of prognostics that is often known by the Latin title Revelatio (or Supputatio) Esdrae, after the prophet Ezra.

Irish languagedays of the week
Is bés do mac Dé, tacu
form undefined
beg. Is bés do mac Dé, tacu
Is fó lim-sa mu laiget
form undefined
beg. Is fó lim-sa mu laiget
Is maith máin mesrugud
form undefined
beg. Is maith máin mesrugud
Cóemgen of Glendalough
Cóemgen (var. Cáemgen, Caoimhghin, Caoimhin, Kevin) of Glendalough
(d. c. 618)
patron saint of Glenn Dá Locha (Glendalough)

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Cóemgen [unidentified]Cóemgen ... unidentified
Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

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Rhyming charm.
Irish language
Lepaid úar
form undefined
beg. Lepaid úar
Máthair ime gaeth áithe
prose
beg. Máthair ime gaeth áithe

Short Irish text of prognostications of the weather. The opening part ([M]áthair ime gaeth áithe, sáille sneachta; Túar fola fleochadh, túar teadhma torann) recalls the two quatrains in Tecosca Cormaic § 17. This is followed by some prose notes using an ‘if (madh)/then’ formula.

Irish language
Stowe Missal charms
form undefined
Old Irish
Tonfeid a Chríst conic muir
verse
9 st.
beg. Tonfeid, a Chríst, conic muir

Early Irish poem on the eight winds blowing on the kalends of January.

Middle Irish
Torann Domhnaigh créd fatá
verse
8 st.
beg. Torann Domhnaigh créd fatá
Fintan mac Bóchra
Fintan mac Bóchra
(time-frame ass. with universal history)
A figure of medieval Irish tradition who survives the Flood and lives to give eye-witness accounts of the history of Ireland

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(ascr.)
Colum Cille
Colum Cille
(fl. 6th century)
founder and abbot of Iona, Kells (Cenandas) and Derry (Daire).

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Medieval Irish poem variously attributed to Fintan or Colum Cille, containing prognostications from thunder. The first part deals with thunder as it may occur on different days of the week, while the second one deals with the phenomenon at different times of the day.

Late Middle IrishEarly Modern Irish