Chapter XXI: Book I: 1. T.b.c.; L.l

2. _De chophur in da muccide_, “of the Generation (?) of the two Swineherds.” L.L. 246ᵃ-247ᵃ. Also the Egerton Text, edited by Windisch, I.T., Dritte Serie, 1 Heft.

3. _Ferchuitred Medba._ “Maev’s Three Husbands,” Rawlinson MS. B 512. [I made a transcript of this in the Bodleian several years ago.]

4. _Cath Boinde._ “The Battle of the Boyne,” Book of Lecan, 351ᵇ-353ᵃ, a text almost identical with _Ferchuitred Medba_. It has been edited by Mr. Joseph O’Neill, in _Ériu_ ii. 173.

In causing the Druid to give the account of the transmigrations of the swine-herds, and in causing Maev to be the narrator of her own youthful history, I merely adopt the characteristic Gaelic device for introducing episodes from the past, the same device which is used in the texts of the Táin itself, where the three distinguished exiles from Ulster are made to relate the boyish exploits of Cucullin.