Trecheng Breth Feni (work in progress)
Trecheng Breth Féne
Trecheng breth feni / Triads of the Feini
Adapted by me, Brock Adams (for Canadian usage) from Kuno Meyer, 1906 adaptation
Logainmneacha Singile Single place names
1) Cenn Chanada The head of Canada
Ottawa Ottawa
2) Ordan Chanada The dignity of Canada
Quebec City
3) Ana Chanada The wealth of Canada
Toronto
4) Cride Chanada: The heart of Canada
Animikii-wajiw (mount McKay) Thunderbird mount
5) Sruithe Chanada: The seniority of Canada
Beannachd Eoin St. John's (Due to L'ans aux meadows)
6) Coemna Chanada The comfort of Canada
Banff
7) Ainius Chanada The sport of Canada
Montreal
8) Di shuil Chanadaich The three eyes of Canada
Haida guay and Signal Hill and Alert
9) Tech commairce nChanada The sanctuary of Canada
Ardnemeton
10) Idna Chanada The purity of Canada
Alert
11) Recles Chanada The abbey-church of Canada
12) Feinechas nChanada The Jurisprudence of Canada
supreme court in Ottawa
13) Tech Foichle Chanada The house of wages of Canada
Winnipeg ( ie: the mint)
14) Litanacht Chanada The singing the litany of Canada
Quebec City (first sung for St. jean-Baptiste day june 24 1880)
15) Senchas Chanada The lore of Canada
Ottawa
16) Berla Feine Chanada The legal speech of Canada
Ottawa
17) Legend Chanada The learning of Canada
Sackville New Brunswick
18) Teite Chanada The wantonness of Canada
Toronto
19) Anmchairde Chanada The spiritual guidance of Canada
20) Escaine Chanada The curse of Canada
Calgary
21) Brethemnas Chanada The Judgment of Canada
Ottawa
22) Duire chrabaid Chanada The severity of piety of Canada
23) Aibne Chanada The delight of Canada
Niagra
24) Diulte Chanada The simplicity of Canada
25) Failte Chanada The welcome of Canada
Halifax (Pier 21)
26) Desherc Chanada The charity of Canada
Calgary
27) Trichtach Chanada The … (offering) of Canada
28) Fossugud Chanada The stability of Canada
29) Martra Chanada The martyrdom of Canada
Winnipeg (Louis Riel)
30) Ailbeimm Chanada The reproach of Canada
Winnipeg (Louis Riel)
31) Genas Chanada The chastity of Canada
32) Tri tairleme Chanada Three places in Canada to alight at
Saint Antony's point Saint Anthony's point/ L'anse aux meadows
Cap Brethon Cape Breton
Halifax Halifax
33) Tri Aaithechpuirt Chanada The three rent paying places of Canada
34) Tri clochraid Chanadaich The three stone-buildings of Canada
35) Tri haenaig nChanada The three fairs of Canada
Latha Chanadaich Canada Day
Latha nTaingachd Thanksgiving
Latha na Chuimhne Remembrance day
36) Tri Duine nChanada The three forts of Canada
The citadel, fort York,
37) Tri slebe nChanada The three mountains of Canada
Mount Logan, Yukon (tallest), Mont Tremblant, Quebec, Mount McKay
38) Tri haird nChanada The three heights of Canada
Mount McKay, ONT, Whistler, BC, Mount saint Anne, QC
39) Tri locha nChanada The three lochs/Lakes of Canada
40) Tri srotha nChanada The three rivers of Canada
MacKenzie, Red River, St. Laurence
41) Tri Machaire nChanada The three plains of Canada
Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta
42) Tri dorcha nChanada The three dark places of Canada
Sudbury, Fort McMurray, Asbestos
43) ri dhruib nChanada The three desert places of Canada
Carberry desert, Moose Jaw,
44) Tri dotcaid nChanada The three unlucky places of Canada
Lac Megantique, College polytechnique
45) Tri huilc nChanada The three evil ones of Canada
46) Tri Caemnai Canada The three comfortable places in Canada
47) Tri traga nChanada The three strand of Canada
Singin sands beach, Souris PEI, Wasaga, ONT, Brady's beach, Nanaimo BC
48) Tri hatha nChanada The three fords of Canada
Saguenay QC, Sam Fjord (elesmere baffin island),
49) Tri sligid nChanada The three highroads of Canada
50) Tri belaige nChanada Three mountain-passes of Canada
Rockies, Laurentians,
51) Tri drommanna nChanada The three ridges of Canada
52) Tri Maige nChanada The three plains of Canada
MB SK ALTA
53) Tri cluana nChanada The three meadows of Canada
54) Tri tellaige nChanada The three households of Canada
55) Tri hessa nChanada The three waterfalls of Canada
Niagra, St anne, beaver falls
56) Tri fothir bi nChanada The three fields (?) of Canada
57) Tri Tripata nChanada The three wells of Canada
58) Tri haimreide nChanada The three uneven places of Canada
Rockies, Canadian Shiled, Apalacians
59) Tri hinbera nChanada The three estuaries of Canada
St. Laurence, MacKenzie delta, Albany river
60) Tri hairderca nChanada The three conspicuous places of Canada
Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal
61) Tri gnatha nChanada The three familiar places of Canada
Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver
62) Tri hamrai la Tain bo Cuailgne: The 3 wonders concerning the Tain bo cuailgne
.i. in cuilmen dara heisi I nErenn, The'Cuilmen' came to Ireland in its stead,
in marb dia haisneis don biu, Fergus The dead reciting it to the living vis, Fergus
Mac Roig dia hinnisin do Ninnine MacRoig reciting it to Ninnine the poet in the
eicius I n-aimsir Corbmaic Maic Faelin, time of Cormac MacFaelain; one years protection
inti dia n-aisnother, coimge bliadna do to him to whom it is recited.
63) Tri meinistri fer Fene The 3 haildoms of the Feni
Cich, Gruad, Glun Breast,Cheek, Knee.
64) Tri dotchaid duine: The 3 unfortunate things for a man:
Deog Therc d'uisci, A scant drink of water
Itu i corthig suide, Thirst in an ale house,
Cumang for achad. A narrow seat upon a field.
65) Tri dotcaid threbtha Three unfortunate things for husbandry
Gort salach A dirty field
Iarmur cleithe leavings of the hurdle
Tech drithlennach A house full of sparks
66) Tri hairgarta ecalse: Three forbidden things of a church:
Caillech fri clocc A nun as a bell ringer
Athlaech i nap daine A veteran in the Abbotship
Banna for Altoir A drop upon the Altar
67) Tri failti co n-iarduibi: Three rejoicings followed by sorrow
Fer tochmairc A wooer's
Fer gaite A thief's
Fer aineise A tale bearer's
68) Tri broin ata ferr failti: Three sorrows that are better than joy:
Bron treoit oc ithe messa The heaviness of a herd on mast
Bron guirt apaig The heaviness of a ripe(ning) field
Bron feda fo ness The heaviness of a wooer under mast
69) Tri ata messu bron: Three rejoicings that are worse than sorrow:
Failti fir iar ndiupairt The joy of a man who has defrauded another
Failti fir iar liga eithig The joy of a man who has perjured himself
Failti fir iar fingail The joy of the fingal (the man who has committed parricide ie: of a man who has slain his brother in contesting his land)
70) Tri fiada co n-anfhiad: The three worst welcomes
Gress I noentig fri muintir A handicraft in the same house with the inmates
Uisge rothe dar cosa Scalding water upon the feet
Biad goirt cendig Salt food without a drink
71) Tri dotcaid maic athaig: Three unfortunate things for the son of a peasant:
Clemnas fri hocthigern Marrying into the family of a Franklin
Gabail for tascor rig Attaching himself to the retinue of a King
Commaid fri meirlechu Consorting with thieves
72) Tri dotcaid trebairi: Three unfortunate things for a house holder:
Proposing to a bad woman
Serving a bad chief
Exchanging for bad land
73) Tri buada trebairi: Three fortunate things for a house holder:
Targud da degmnai Proposing to a good woman
Fognam do drochfhlaith Serving a good chief
Coemchlod fri drochfherann Exchanging for good land
74) Tri hoenaig eserte: Three holidays of a landless man:
Ceilide hi tig gobann Visiting the house of a Blacksmith
Ceilide hi tig Shair Visiting the house of a Carpenter
Dul do chennuch con airche Buying without bonds
75) Tri coil ata fer folongat: Three slender things that support the world:
Coil srithide hi foll derb The slender stream from the cow's dug into the pail
Coil foichne for tuin The slender blade of green corn upon the ground
Coil snaithe dardom dagmna The slender thread over the hand of a skilled woman
76) Tri duirn ata dech for bith: Three hands that are best in the world:
Dorn degshair The hand of a good Carpenter
Dorn degmna The hand of a Skilled woman
Dorn deggobann The hand of a good Smith.
77) Trede conaittig firinne: Three things which justice demands:
Mess Judgment
Tomus Measure
Cubos Conscience
78) Trede conattig brethemnas: Three things which Judgment demands:
Gaise Wisdom
Feige Penetration
Fiss Knowledge
79) Tri turasbala etraid: Three characteristics of concuspiscence:
Osnad Sighting
Cluiche Playfulness (or daliance)
Ceilide Visiting
80) Trede ara carthar escara: Three things for which an enemy is loved:
Main Wealth
Cruth Beauty
Innraccus Worth
81) Trede ara mise nigther cara: Three things for which a friend is hated:
Fogal Tresspassing (encroaching)
Dugnas Keeping aloof (Litterally: Unfamiliarity)
Dimainche Fecklness
82) Tri buirb in betha: Three rude ones of the world:
Oc centi bi sen A youngster mocking an old man
Slan contibi garlarach A healthy person mocking an invalid
Gaeth contibi beath A wise man mocking a fool
83) Tri buidir in betha: Three deaf ones of the world:
Robud do throich Warning to a doomed man
Airchisect fri faigdech Mockin (pitying) a beggar
Coscmna baithe do druis Keeping a loose woman from lust
84) Tri cain docelat eitichi: Three fair things that hide ugliness:
Sobes la an richt Good manners in the ill favored
Ane la doer Skill in a serf
Ecna dodelb Wisdom in the misshapen
85) Tri eitch docelat cain: Three ugly things that hide fairness:
Bo binnech cen as A sweet lowing cow without milk
Ech an amluath A fine horse without speed
Sodelb cen tothucht A fine person without substance
86) Tri oible adannat: Three sparks that Kindle love:
Gnuis A face
Alaig Demeanor
Erlabra Speech
87) Tri haithne co fomailt: Three deposits with usufruct:
Aithe mna Depositing a woman
Aithe eich Depositing a horse
Aithe salainn Depositing salt
88) Tri buada teti: Three glories of a gathering:
Ben chaem A beautiful wife
Ech maith A good horse
Cu luath A swift hound
89) Tri segainni Chanada: Three accomplishments of Canada:
Fathrann A witty stave
Adban a cruit A tune on a harp (lit: out of a harp)
Berrad aigthe Shaving a face
90) Tri comartha clunaigi: Three ungentlemanly things:
Buai druid scel Interrupting stories
Cluiche tenn A mischievous game
Abucht co n-imdergad Jesting so as to raise a blush
91) Tri gena ata messu bron: Three smiles that are worse than sorrow:
Gen snechta og legad The smile of snow as it melts
Gen do mna frit iar mbith fhir ailile The smile of your wife (ie: a bad woman) on you after another man has been with her ('after sleeping with another man')
Gen chon fhoilmnich The smile of a hound ready to leap at you ('to tear you to
Pieces') ('coming up to devour you')
92) Tri bais ata fer bethaid: Three deaths that are better than life:
Bas iach The death of a salmon
Bas muicce meithe The death of a fat pig
Bas foglada The death of a robber
93) Tri huathaid ata fer sochaidi: Three fewnesses that are better than plenty:
Uathad dagbriathar Fewness of fine words
Uathad bo hi feor Fewness of cows in grass
Uathad carat im chuirm A fewness of friends around good ale
94) Tri bronaig choirmthige: Three sorrowful ones of an ale house:
Fer doigni fleid The man who gives the feast
Fer dia ndentar The man to whom it is given
Fer ibes menip saithech The man who drinks without being sated
(ie: who goes to it unsated, ie: who drinks on an empty stomach)
95) Tri cuitbidi in domain: Three laughing-stocks of the world:
Fer lonn An angry man
Fer etaid A jealous man
Fer Dibech A niggard
96) Tri cui tuaithe: Three ruins of a tribe:
Flaith brecach A lying chief
Breihem guach A false judge
Sagart colach A lustful ('stumbling''offending''fond of refusing') priest
97) Tri fuiric thighe degduni: Three preparations of a good man's house:
Cuirm Ale
Foth rucud A bath
Tene mor A large fire
98) Tri fuiric thighe drochduni: Three preparations of a bad man's house:
Debuid ar dochinn Strife before you
Athchosan frit Complaining to you
A chu dot gabail His hound taking hold of you
('tearing you''a bad story to send you on your way')
99) Tri gretha tige deglaich: Three shouts of a good warriors house:
Grith fodla The shout of distribution
Grith Suide The shout of sitting down
Rith Comeirge The shout of rising up
100) Tri dorchae na dlegat mna do imthecht: Three darknesses into which women should not go:
Dorcha ciach The darkness of mist
Dorcha aidche The darkness of night
Dorcha feda The darkness of a wood
101) Tri sailge boccachta: Three props of obstinancy (lit: Buckishness)
Imgellad Pledging oneself
Immarbag Contending
Imreson Wrangling
102) Tri airisena boccachta: Three characteristics of obstinancy:
Sirchilide Long visits
Sirdecsain Staring
Siriarfaige Constant questioning
103) Tri omartha meraig: Three signs of a fop:
Slicht a chire ina fholt The tracks of his comb in his hair
Slicht a iacal ina chuit The track of his teeth in his food
Slicht a luirge ina diad The track of his stick (cudgel) behind him
104) Tri maidme cluanaigi: Three ungentlmanly boasts:
Ato air do scath I am on your track
Rosaltus fort I have trampled you
Rotfliuchas com etach I I have wet you with my dress
105) Tri bi forcherdat mabdili: Three live ones that put away dead things:
Oss foceird a congna A deer shedding it's horn
Fid foceird a duille A wood shedding its leaves
Cethra focerdat a mbren fhinda Cattle shedding their coat (lit: stinking hair)
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107) Tri hingnad Herenn: Three wonders of Ireland:
Lige inn abaic, The grave of the dwarf,
Lige nEothuili, The grave of Trawohelly,
Allabair i foccus. An echo near.
108) Tri daurthige Hérenn Three oratories of Ireland:
daurthech Birra, the oratory at Birra,
daurthech Clùana Eidnech the oratory of Clonenagh,
daurthech Leithglinde. the oratory of Leighlin.
109) Tri hingena berta miscais do mithocod: Three maidens that bring hatred upon misfortune:
Labra, Talking,
Lesca, Laziness,
Anidna. Insincerity.
110)Tri hingena berta seirc do chaintocud: Three maidens that bring love to good fortune:
Tùa, Silence,
Éscuss, Diligence,
Idnae. Sincerity.
111)Tri tùa ata ferr labra: Three silences that are better than speech:
tùa fri forcital, Silence during instruction,
tùa fri hairfitiud, Silence during music,
tùa fri porcept. Silence during preaching.
112)Tri labra ata ferr tùa: Three speeches that are better than silence:
Ochan Rig di cath, Inciting a King to battle,
Sreth immais, Spreading knowledge, (connecting all the words of a verse line by alliteration)
Molad iar lùag. Praise after reward.
113)Tri ailgesa étùalaing Three impossible demands
.i. éirg cen co dechais, Go! though you cannot go,
tuc cenitbé, bring what you have not got,
déna ceni derna. do what you cannot do.
114)Tri hamaite bit [e] i ndrochthig oiged: Three idiots that are in a bad guest-house:
.i. sentrichem senchaillige, the chronic cough of an old hag,
roschaullach ingine moile, a brainless tartar of a girl,
sirite gillai. a hobgoblin of a gillie.
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116)Tréde neimthigedar crossàn: Three things that consitute a bufffoon:
rige oile, blowing out his cheek,
rige théighe, blowing out his satchel,
rige bronn. blowing out his belly.
117)Tréde neimthigedar cirmaire: Three things that constitute a comb-maker:
coimrith fri coin hi[c] cosnum chnàma, racing a hound in contending for a bone,
adarc reithi do dirgud dia anàil cen tenid, straightening a ram's horn by his breath, without fire,
dichetal for ochtraig co rathochra a mbi ina ichtur fo a ùachtar chingna 7 cnàmaib 7 adarcaib.
chanting upon a dunghill so that all antlers & bones & horns that are below come to the top.
118)Tréde nemthigedar sàer: Three things that constitute a carpenter:
dlùthud cen fomus, cen fescred joining together without calculating, without warping,
lùd lùadrinna, agility with the compass,
bèimm fo chommus. a well-measured stroke.
119)Tréde neimthigedar liaig: Three things that constitute a physician:
digallrae, a complete cure,
diainme, leaving no blemish behind,
comchossi cen ainchiss, a painless examination.
120)Tréde neimthigedar gobainn: Three things that constitute a blacksmith:
bir Neithin, Neithin's spit,
fulaht na Morrigna, the cooking-hearth of the Morrigan,
inneoin in Dagda, the Dagda's anvil.
121)Tréde neimthigedar cerdai: Three things that constitute an artificer:
fige ronn, weaving chains,
caer comraic, a mosaic ball (Cormac's ball) - a ball of mosaic glass
plett for faebur. an edge upon a blade.
122)Tréde neimthigedar cruitire: Three things that constitute a harper:
golltraige, A tune to make you cry,
gentraige, a tune to make you laugh,
sùantraige, a tune to make you sleep.
123)Tréde neimthigedar filid: Three things that constitue a poet:
Immas forosna, Knowledge that illumines,
Teinm laeda, Ocean of song (various kinds of incantations)
Dichetal di chennaib. Improvisation (chanting from the tips of ones bones).
124)Dà migairm mithocaid: Two ominous cries of ill-luck:
commàidem do chétguine, boasting of your first slaughter,
do ben la fer n-aile. and your wife being with another man.
125)Treora airi[se]na iarnduba: Three things betokening trouble:
comar, holding a plough-land in common,
cocless, performing feats together,
clemnas. alliance in marriage.
126)Tri bainne cétmuintire: Three drops of a wedded woman:
bainne fola, a drop of blood,
bainne dér, a tear-drop,
bainne aillse. a drop of sweat.
127)Tri coiri bite in cach dùini: Three caldrons that are in every fort:
coire érma, The caldron of running(?),
coire goriath, The caldron of "a course",
coire àiged. The caldron of guests.
128)Tri comartha làthraig bendachtan: Three tokens of a blessed site:
feumaidh teine: a need-fire,
cronnan, a form of ancient chanting,
senad. a synod (of elders).
129)Tri comartha làthraig mallachtan: Three tokens of a cursed site:
Tromm, Elder,
Tradna, a corncrake,
Nenaid. Nettles.
130)Treora muimmeacha Tàide: Three nurses of theft:
caill, a wood,
coim, a cloak,
adaig. night.
131)Treora ranna sluinte fri cèintocad: Three qualities that bespeak good fortune:
trumma, self-importance,
toicthiu, ... (self upliftment?),
talchaire. self-will.
132)Teora ranna sluinte dotcaid: Three qualities that bespeak misfortune:
tlàs, weariness,
àes, (premature) old age,
airbire. reproachfulness.
133)Di derbshiair: Two (blood) sisters:
tlàs, weariness,
trùaige. wretchedness.
134)Dà derbràthair: Two (bloody) brothers:
tocad, prosperity,
brugaide. and husbandry.
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136)Tri sethracha goa: Three false sisters:
bèss, "perhaps",
doig, "may be",
toimtiu. " I dare say".
137)Tri bràthair uamain: Three timid brothers:
sta, "hush"
sit, "stop",
coiste. "listen".
138)Tri mairb fortgellat for biu: Three dead thing that give evidence on live things:
med, a pair of scales,
airmed, a bushel,
forrach, a measuring-rod.
139)Tri brothchain ràtha: Three pottages of guaranteeing:
Rothice,
rosiacht, rosary,
rotochtaig.
140)Tri dubthrebtha: Three black husbandries:
tuga go fuachai, thatching with stolen things (ie: sods),
imme co forngaire, putting up a fence with a proclamation of trespass,
tirad co n-aurgorad. kiln-drying with scorching.
141)Tri hiarnduba: Three after-sorrows:
fer tochmairc a wooer's,
fer gaite, a thief's,
fer hic aisnéis. a tale-bearer's.
142)Tri maic beres drùs do lonnus: Three sons whom folly bears to anger:
tuilfhèth, frowning,
fidchell, (a popular board game in its time, probavly gaming/betting)
dulsaine. mockery.
143)Tri maic beres fèile do ainmnit: Three brothers whom generosity bears to patience:
grùss, ...,
rùss, blushing,
rucca. shame.
144)Tri maic beres neoit do deinmnait: Three sons whom churlishness bears to impatience:
crith, trembling,
dochell, niggardliness,
grith, vociferation.
145)Tri hùar fichte: Three cold things that seethe:
tipra, a well,
muir, the sea,
nùae corma. new ale.
146)Tri fùammann moaigthe: Three sounds of increase:
fùam bo mblecht, the lowing of a cow in milk,
fùam cerdchae, the din of a smithy,
fùam arathair. the swish of a plough.
147)Tri hanna antreinn: Three wealths in barren places:
tipra i sléib, a well in a mountain,
tene a liic, fire out of a stone,
ana la fer calad. wealth in the possession of a hard man.
148)Tri aithgine in domuin: Three renovators of the world:
brù mnà, the womb of a woman,
uth bo, a cow's udder,
ness gobann. a smith's moulding-block.
149)Tri diubarta forsnà iada dilse: Three concealments upon which forfeiture does not close:
tinnscra mnà, a wife's dowry,
imthomailt lànamna, the food of a married couple,
iarraid maicc. a boy's foster fee.
150)Tri cuir tintaiter do réir britheman: Three contracts that are reversed by the decision of a judge:
cor celi, the contracts of a bondsman (dependent),
Micc, of a son,
bothaich. of a cottar.
151)Tri nata[t] tùalaing sainchuir: Three that are incapable of special contracts (contracts on their own behalf):
mac beo-athar, a son whose father is still alive,
ben (no fer) aurnadma, a betrothed woman (or man),
doer flatha. the serf of a chief.
152)Tri maic nad rannat orbai: Three sons that do not share inheritance:
mac muini (meirdrech muine) a son begotten in a brake (a bush strumpet),
aurlai, the son of a slave,
ingine fo thrilis. the son of a girl still wearing tresses.
153)Tri ài nad eplet faill: Three causes that do not die with neglect:
ài dochuind, the cause of am imbicile,
dochraite, and of oppression,
anfis. and of ignorance.
154)Tri fuille dlegat frecor: Three bloodsheds that need not be impugned:
fuil catha, the bloodshed of battle,
eoit, of jealousy,
etargaire. of mediating.
155)Tri fuchachta nad increnat slabrai: Three cohabitations (lit: Cockoldry) that do not pay a marriage-portion:
a gabail ar écin, taking her by force,
a sleith tri mescai, outraging her without her knowledge,
a turtugud do Rig. her being violated by a King.
156)Tri nà dlegat turbaidi: Three that are not entitled to exemption:
athchor maic, restoring a son,
aicdi cherdai, the tools of an artificer,
giallaigecht. hostageship.
157)Tri aithne nà dlegat taisec: Three deposits that need not be returned:
aithne n-écuind, the deposits of an imbecile,
ardneimid, and of a high dignitary,
aithne fuirmeda. and a fixed deposit.
158)Tri mairb direnaiter beoaib: Three dead ones that are paid for by living things:
aball, an apple tree,
coll, a hazel-bush,
fidnemed. a sacred grove.
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