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THE SALTAIR NA RANN

coverings, which open to shed light by day. The constellations are then named, and the first section of the poem ends as follows:—

For each day five items of knowledgeare required of every intelligent person,from every one, without appearance of censure,[1]who is in ecclesiastical orders.
The day of the solar month, the age of the moon,the sea-tide, without error,the day of the week, the festivals of the perfect saints,after just clearness, with their variations.
  1. ↑ Perhaps "boasting."
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