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The destruction of Da Derga's Hostel (Author: [unknown])
section 11
Then the king, even Eterscéle, died. A bull-feast8 is gathered(?) by the men of Erin, in order to determine their future king that is, a bull used to be killed by them and thereof one man
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would eat his fill and drink its broth9, and a spell of truth was chanted over him in his bed. Whosoever he would see in his sleep would be king, and the sleeper would perish10 if he uttered a falsehood.