Book 1 — BOOK I
Mary A. (Mary Ann) Hutton translation
1. T.B.C.; L.L.
2. De chophur in da muccide, “of the Generation (?) of the two Swineherds.” L.L. 246ᵃ-247ᵃ. Also the Egerton Text, edited by Windisch, I.T., Dritte Serie, 1 Heft.
3. Ferchuitred Medba. “Maev’s Three Husbands,” Rawlinson MS. B 512. [I made a transcript of this in the Bodleian several years ago.]
4. Cath Boinde. “The Battle of the Boyne,” Book of Lecan, 351ᵇ-353ᵃ, a text almost identical with Ferchuitred Medba. It has been edited by Mr. Joseph O’Neill, in Ériu ii. 173.
In causing the Druid to give the account of the transmigrations of the swine-herds, and in causing Maev to be the narrator of her own youthful history, I merely adopt the characteristic Gaelic device for introducing episodes from the past, the same device which is used in the texts of the Táin itself, where the three distinguished exiles from Ulster are made to relate the boyish exploits of Cucullin.