Matheson Collection > Aislinge Meic Conglinne

98 TJie Vision of MacConglinne.
and thine eyes must whirl about in thy skull whilst
thou art eating them.'
" ' The eight kinds of grain thou must not spare,
MacConglinne, wheresoever they are oííered thee,
5 viz., rye, wild-oats, beare, buck- wheat, wheat, barley,
fidhach, oats. Take eight cakes of each íéh*- gi-ain
of these, and eight condiments with every cake,
and eight sauces with each condiment ; and let each
morsel thou puttest in thy mouth be as big as a heron's
lo egg. Away now to the smooth panikins of cheese-
curds, MacConglinne,
to fresh pigs,
to loins of fat,
to boiled mutton,
15 to the choice easily-discussed thing for which
the hosts contend — the gullet of salted beef ;
to the dainty of the nobles, to mead ;
to the cure of chest-disease — old bacon ;
to the appetite of pottage — stale curds ;
20 to the fancy of an unmarried woman — new milk ;
to a queen's mash — carrots ;
to the danger awaiting a guest — ale ;
to the sustenance of Lent — the cock of a hen ;
to a broken head — butter-roll ;
25 to hand-upon-all — dry bread ;
to the pregnant thing of a hearth — cheese ;
to the bubble-burster— new ale ;
to the priests' fancy — juicy kale ;
to the treasure that is smoothest and sweetest of
30 all food — white porridge;
to the anchor . . . \ — broth ; 1. sMO'^f.'
to the double-looped twins— sheep's tripe ; ^
to the dues of a wall— sides (of bacon);
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