The Room of the Three Lampooners. 1909-14. The Destruction of Dá Derga's Hostel. The Harvard Classics

The Destruction of Dá Derga’s Hostel.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

The Room of the Three Lampooners


“I beheld another trio hard by the room of the King himself. Three blue mantles around them, and three bedgowns with red insertion over them. Their arms had been hung above them on the wall.”	1
“I know those,” quoth he. “Dris and Draigen and Aittít (‘Thorn and Bramble and Furze’), the king’s three lampooners, three sons of Sciath foilt. A man will perish by each of their weapons.”	2