Araile felmac féig don Mumain

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Initial words ‘Araile felmac féig don Mumain’ » (A certain sharp student poet from Munster)
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Language Middle Irish (Breatnach)
Description The narrative concludes with a poem beginning ‘Oīdh ar huilleth n-oismentai’, attributed to an anonymous poet from Connacht, who is here identified as a relative of Máel. Metre: aí fhreisligi.

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Open book nae 02.png Breatnach, Liam, “Araile felmac féig don Mumain: unruly pupils and the limitations of satire”, Ériu 59 (2009): 111—137.
Open book nae 02.png Meyer, Kuno (ed.), “Mitteilungen aus irischen Handschriften: Bestrafter Pferdediebstahl”, Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie 7 (1910): 304—305.  » Breatnach points out that Meyer's transcription contains a number of errors. Edge-firefox.png Internet Archive: [1]
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