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Dreanacht

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Passage on prognostications from a wren
Manuscripts
Dublin, Trinity College, MS 1336 6 (first part), cols 710*-831 [s. xvi]
col. 831 (line 17ff)
rubric: ‘Dreanacht andso sis’
written in the hand of a later scribe, called Hand F by the cataloguers
Language
  • Middle Irish
  • Middle Irish (Best)
Textual relationships
Cf. Fiachairecht, added by the same scribe in TCD 1336.

Classification

Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] [tr.] Best, R. I., “Prognostications from the raven and the wren”, Ériu 8 (1916): 120–126.

Secondary sources (select)

Ó Cuív, Brian, “Some Gaelic traditions about the wren”, Éigse 18:1 (1980, 1980–1981): 43–66.
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Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
Page created
February 2013, last updated: January 2024
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