The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-10-18

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the breach than IN the observance: for
what we do We md the farsighted
lawyers of ancient Erin setting forth
in the sixth century law code but the
following: Men are guiltless of pins
worn upon their shoulders, provided
they do not project too far; but if they
should, the case 10 to be adjudged by
the criminal law
| "NoW what sweet consolation to any
Goth century lady who has ever been
informed by a hyper -observant men,
Der of the traffic squad that the DAM
ascus blades Of her headgear are un-
] sheathed! We trust that the women
Of that day took exceptional care to
see that the law was enforced on the
I; men.
! cat the feis of Drom Ceata in $50,
the laws and the general system Of
education were revised so as to con-
form more closely to the Christian
standards set forth by st. COLOMBIA
| (Columcile) and 100 Of his monks
whom King Aedh Il. e. Hugh) had
called from the island monastery Of
Iona to participate in the discussion.
"A feis in those days was a general
council. and the great question of the
feis of Drom Ceata was the fate of the
bards. The bardfc schools were dis
tinct from the monastic and far more
ancient than Christianity itself in Ire
land; but the bards had deteriorated
! and finally had become a crowd of ed
ucated vagabonds and heart-scald to
the country.
so thought King Aehd and he had
fully determined to- suppress them and
to revoke their ancient privileges; but
the bards' cause was championed by
st. Colombia. before whose impassioned
eloquence the king and his advisers
were forced to retreat.
1.-THE deliberations of the feis result
ed in the formation Of new system
of schools. intended to diffuse the
! learning of the bards throughout the
kingdom. Twenty bishops, 40 priests
beside colomba's fetinue. 80 deacons, a
multitude of other clerics, a vast throng
Of bards and many mobiles We're at
! hand to be heard from and to offer
suggestions.
mot mine to picture that flow of elo-
quence. But, after some months, spe-
cial allanlhs of teachings or doctors of
literature were assigned to the mon
archs, the provincial kings, and to the
chiefs and lords of territory.
ITO teach allamhs they granted free
lands and inviolability of person. The
royal poet Eochaidh, who afterwards
wrote the 'Elegy on the death of Co.
J; lumba.' was appointed head of the sys-
tenn; and assigned to the different
provinces as supervisors were Aedh or
Hugh. the poet for Meath, Urmael for
Munster, seanchan ii. e. shanahan)
Mac cuairfertaish for cannacht and
Fertirb Mac Mnirsdhaish Murray fol
Il Ulster. 5,j 4 2s'S
\ "Endowments were also placed al
the disposal Of the allamhs or masters
; to afford gratuitous education to those
men Of Erin who desired to become
. learned. Who says, then, that the Irisr
hadn't college scholarships in the sixth
century. Moreover, at lay schools
where several pupils lodged at the
masters house, the scons of the ten.
ant class waited on. the sons of the
gentry, receiving tuition and mainte.
nance. So, waiting on college table fol
) tuition is tradition of early Irish col.
) lege days.
4 IAN extract from one or the Law
manuscripts in Trinity college, Dublin
will show the relations established by
i, law between teacher and pupil. The
union says the legal writer, which /.
recognized between the pupil and the
tutor, or instructing father, as he i.
called is this: The tutor bestowed in.
II struction without reservation and cor.
rection without violence upon the pu.
} pill; and he supplies him with food and
: clothing as long as he continued tc
} pursue his legitimate studies If he dij
not receive them from anyone else.'
u 1.-THE pupil, on his' part. was legally
, bound to assist or relieve his tutor ir
case he was needy in his old age. The
} tutor was entitled to the profits arts.
) ing from literary or other works Of
the pupil during his time of schooling
and to the first fees Of the ollamh's
professional career. as
Il IAN interesting reference to these
} filial duties is found in text of Aen.
gus, the Culdee dating from the early
part of the ninth century. As cx.
planned by a very ancient scholiast. il