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A treaty was then made between them on account of the fair young men who had carried off the cattle, and on account of the fair maidens who had gone with them, by whose means the herd escaped. Restitution of the herd was awarded to Regamon, and the maidens abode with the sons of Ailill and Medb; and
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They brought their cows over it thither. It is there they flung their horns from them... Fraech goes away then to his territory after, and his wife, and his sons, and his cows with him, until he goes with
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due to the static nature of printed and bound materials. This misconception is enforced by the fact that the
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through shared characters and would be suited for preludes as well. The birth tales of characters such as
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as these could be framed as preludes to the epic events at Cúailnge. For example, a surviving
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Besides these many stories from among the other genres are well connected with the
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It seems to have been customary in ancient Ireland to precede the recital of "
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chosen by the translator, has been popular for three decades.
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before medieval Christian redactors put them in written form.
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cattle raid
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