A COMPILATION OF TRIADS

AN OMNIUM-GATHERUM

1. Concerning three things that hide:
   1. an open bag hides nothing
   2. an open door hides little
   3. an open person hides something
2. Three errors not acknowledged:
   1. fear of an enemy
   2. torment of love
   3. a jealous persons' evil suspicion of their mate
3. Three possessions we value most, take away pride from us:
   1. our money
   2. our time
   3. our conscience
4. Three things by nature cause their possessor to err:
   1. youth
   2. prosperity
   3. ignorance
5. Three things resemble each other:
   1. a bright sword which rusts from long staying in the scabbard
   2. bright water which stinks from long standing
   3. wisdom which is dead from long disuse.
6. Three things not easy to check:
   1. the stream of a cataract
   2. an arrow from a bow
   3. a rash tongue
7. Three things hard to catch:
   1. a stag on the mountain
   2. a fox in the wood
   3. the coin of the miserly scrooge.
8. There are three things each very like the other:
   1. an old blind horse playing the harp with his hoofs
   2. a pig in a silk dress
   3. a merciless person prating about piety.
9. Three things as good as the best:
   1. bread and milk against hunger
   2. a white coat against the cold
   3. a yeoman's son in a breach
10. Three things which are not hidden:
    1. a straw in the shoe
    2. a awl in a bag
    3. a harlot in a crowd.
11. Three sweet things in the world:
    1. power
    2. prosperity
    3. error in action.
12. Three strong things in the world:
    1. a lord
    2. a fool
    3. the Void.
13. There are three things which move together as quickly the one as the other:
    1. lightning
    2. thought
    3. the help of the Mighty Ones.
14. Three things not loved without each one it's companion:
    1. day without night
    2. idleness without hunger
    3. wisdom without reverence
15. There are three whose full reward can never be given to them:
    1. parents
    2. a good teacher
    3. the Mighty Ones
16. Three glories of a gathering:
    1. a comely mate
    2. a good horse
    3. a swift hound.
17. Three things which constitute a healer:
    1. a complete cure
    2. leaving no blemish behind
    3. a painless examination.
18. Three false sisters:
    1. "perhaps"
    2. "maybe"
    3. "I dare say".
19. Three timid brothers:
    1. "Hush!"
    2. "Stop!"
    3. "Listen!"
20. Three youthful sisters:
    1. desire
    2. beauty
    3. generosity.
21. Three aged sisters:
    1. groaning
    2. chastity
    3. ugliness.
22. Three slender things that best support the world:
    1. the slender stream of milk from the cows teat into the pail
    2. the slender blade of green corn upon the ground
    3. the slender thread over the hand of a skilled taler.
23. Three keys that unlock thoughts:
    1. drunkenness
    2. trustfulness
    3. love
24. Three sounds of increase:
    1. the lowing of a cow in milk
    2. the din of a smithy
    3. the swish of a plow.
25. Three unbreathing things paid for only with breathing things:
    1. An apple tree
    2. a hazel bush
    3. a sacred grove.

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