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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.

Cris finnáin dumimdegail imum

verse

beg. Cris Finnáin dum imdegail imum

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.

Dreanacht

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Passage on prognostications from a wren

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.

Stowe Missal charms

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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.

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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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.

Tregort crand trecrand cú

prose

A brief, possibly early Irish text, or versions of a text, on the relative life-lengths of several creatures, trees and other phenomena. Some versions conclude with the observation that God is eternal (bithbeo Dia).

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