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<text><body><div><p><span>ANECDOTA FROM IRISH MSS.</span></p>
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<lb n="2"/><p><span>MS. Egerton 146, in the handwriting of</span>
<lb n="3"/><span>Maurice O'Gorman and Edward O'Reilly.</span></p>
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<lb n="5"/><p><span>Oraid don leightheoir.</span>
<lb n="6"/><span>Ó baodhasa .cc.</span></p>
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<lb n="8"/><p><span>A fir leaghtha an leabhráin bhig,*</span>
<lb n="9"/><span>féach an tobar ó ttáinig:</span>
<lb n="10"/><span>uille a tarbha iona thaidhbhsi,</span>
<lb n="11"/><span>buime h'anma an obair si.</span></p>
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<lb n="13"/><p><span>An cisde trer cheannaig fer</span>
<lb n="14"/><span>an ferann ionnar foilgheadh —</span>
<lb n="15"/><span>ag so an fearann ionna bhfuil,</span>
<lb n="16"/><span>neamhfhonn do nocha dlighear.</span></p>
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<lb n="18"/><p><span>O reader of this little book,</span>
<lb n="19"/><span>Behold the well from which it sprang:</span>
<lb n="20"/><span>Its use is greater than appears,</span>
<lb n="21"/><span>This work is thy soul's nurse.</span></p>
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<lb n="23"/><p><span>The treasure for whose sake a man has</span>
<lb n="24"/><span>bought</span>
<lb n="25"/><span>The land in which it was concealed —</span>
<lb n="26"/><span>(Here is the land wherein it is),</span>
<lb n="27"/><span>He should not be indifferent to it.</span></p>
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Historical Irish Corpus
1600 - 1926

Anecdota from Irish MSS.

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