Motif
Causeway over a bog made through extraordinary labor
causeway_over_a_bog_made_through_extraordinary_labor
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celtic irish
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Heroic Romances of Ireland LITERAL TRANSLATION / TEXT OF LEABHAR NA H-UIDHRI / INTRODUCTION / TEXT WITH INTERLINEAR TRANSLATION; lines 12761-13012 confidence: medium
Earth, gravel, and stones are placed on the bog; yokes over oxen are among the men of Ireland until night, then seen on the shoulders of the people of the Mounds; the event is linked to Eochaid Airem and the first yoking of oxen in Ireland.
After the manuscript gap, earth, gravel, and stones are placed on a bog; a causeway over Lamrach moor is described, and yokes are seen on the shoulders of the people of the Mounds.
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