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Cáin Lánamna (Author: [unknown])

section 14

The labour third of the fodder corn and salt meat:7 let it be divided in three i.e. a third 1/9 to the wife who is responsible for ploughing and reaping8 and for looking after the pig-sties, for feeding and for fattening the pigs, unless they are fattened on milk. In that case, the wife gets two-thirds 2/9. For only spring-work in regard to ploughing and looking after the sties, the wife is entitled to two-thirds of a third 2/27.