The Celtic Holidays

A COMPILATION OF TRIADS

Respecting Legacies:

  1. Three things better than riches which happy people keep for their children and heirs:
    1. Instruction by reason
    2. instruction by example
    3. exhortation to act as he does because of the respect and praise it brings him
  2. Three things which will not benefit heirs:
    1. a miser's wealth
    2. the praise of tavern companions
    3. feats of sport
  3. Three things which prolong the lifetime of a person:
    1. the soil which rears a child
    2. the food which nourishes a child
    3. play which diverts a child
  4. Three worldly honors, each one superior to every other:
    1. ploughing the family homestead
    2. asserting a claim successfully
    3. rearing children
  5. Three aims to the future:
    1. planting trees
    2. improving handicraft
    3. rearing lawful children

Contents
1. Preface 22. Respecting The Bad Home
2. An Omnium Gatherum 23. Pertaining To The Fili'
3. Respecting Excellence 24. Pertaining To Contracts And Agreements
4. Respecting The Conscientious Person 26. Good Health And Bad.
5. Respecting The Rewards Of Excellence 27. Advisements Of Prudence
6. Origins Of Wrong Doing 28. Respecting The Order Of Nature
7. Respecting Those Gone Amiss 29. Respecting The Nature Of Humankind
8. The Profits Of Those Who Have Gone Amiss 30. Respecting Action
9. Respecting Wealth And Poverty 31. Respecting Knowledge
10. Miscellaneous Wisdom 32. Respecting Wisdom
11. The Order Of Society 33. Respecting Those Who Are Wise
12. The Underpinnings Of Society 34. Respecting The Fool And Their Inanity
13. The Banes Of Society 35. Respecting Wisdom Applied
14. Respecting Land And Husbandry 36. Respecting Ambitions And The Roads To Success
15. The Respectable Citizen 37. Respecting Friendship
16. The Nocuous Citizen 38. Respecting Happiness
17. Respecting Legacies 39. Respecting Philosophy
18. Monitorial Advisements 40. Respecting Warriors
19. Manifold Blessings And Beneficence 41. Respecting The True Human
20. Respecting Etiquette 42. Respecting Spirituality
21. Respecting The Good Home  
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