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From: "Sandy Paterson" <>
Subject: Re: [R-M222] FW: heroic Gaelic names / word-play
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 06:12:18 +0100
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Hi Jerry

So what you are saying is that pedigrees compiled by scribes were taken very
seriously. But you seem to be saying more than that. You seem to be implying
that the faking of a pedigree would have been considered a very serious
crime indeed. I think that puts a very different light on the way we should
consider the new transcript of manuscript 1467, or indeed any pedigree that
would have been subject to Brehon law.

Many thanks for that.

Sandy



-----Original Message-----
From:
[mailto:] On Behalf Of Jerry Kelly
Sent: 23 May 2011 21:11
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Subject: Re: [R-M222] FW: heroic Gaelic names / word-play

With that said, it's unlikely we'll see any word-play in the genealogies.

Gaelic law doesn't provide for the Roman concept of "equal treatment under
the
law." My rights and privileges under Fe/ineachas are different from yours
because we have different descent. It's likely that one of us has a higher
enechlann / honor-price than the other, and so can outswear the other in
court.
That could drastically affect our futures, might even cost one of us life.

Today, most of us look are looking at these ancient genealogies as a hobby.
But
for the people who used them, they had the effect of law, they were used
constantly in law, and they were a matter of life and death.

Best,
Jerry






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