Triad # 65 TopazOwl Fri Jan 15 18:36:21 1999 Triad # 65:*p*"Trí dotcaid threbtha: gort salach, iamur cléithe, tech drithlennach."*p*Meyer's translation:*p*"Three unfortunate things of husbandry: a dirty field, leavings of the hurdle, a house full of sparks."*p* Okay, a "dirty" field? That can't be right, maybe too simplistic a translation. And what does "iamur cléithe" *really* mean?*p* I can see where this is heading on the surface, but there is more here than that; I can feel it! If only I could read it in this old/middle Irish! *p*::: bashes head on desk :::*p* Heehee. Care to help, anyone?*p*Leigh