‘O grandson of Conn, Cormac,’ said Carpre, ‘what is good for me?’ ‘Not hard to tell,’ said Cormac. ‘If you listen to my teaching,
for every lazy, fierce, sleepy, niggardly, feckless, jealous person is hateful before God and men.’
- do not deride any old person though you are young,
nor a poor one though you are rich,
5] nor a naked one though you are well-clad,
nor a lame one though you are swift,
nor a blind one though you are keen-sighted,
nor an invalid though you are strong,
nor a dull one though you are clever,
10] nor a fool though you are wise,
be not slothful,
be not fierce,
be not sleepy,
be not niggardly,
15] be not feckless,
be not jealous,