The Irish Solomon (Cormac mac Airt). Famed for his clever decisions — Mythoi

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The Irish Solomon (Cormac mac Airt). Famed for his clever decisions.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever persons and acts. · Cleverness in the law court. · Clever judicial decisions. · view the constellation · filed as J1170.2

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Series of wise judgments settles quarrels of village Judgment by testing love Judgment as rebuke to unjust plaintiff Series of clever unjust decisions: plaintiff voluntarily withdraws. (1) Man pulls off borrowed horse's tail: he shall keep horse till tail grows on. (2) Man falls out of bed and kills a baby (or causes a miscarriage): he shall beget a new baby for the mother. (3) Man falls from a bridge and kills boatsman's son: shall allow boatsman to fall from bridge and kill him Clever decisions concerning kissing and rape Judgments concerning arson Decisions based on experimental tests Story told to discover thief. Judge tells story of the lady, her husband, her lover, and the robbers (H1552.1). Which was the most generous? Witness says that robber was. This shows that he has robber's point of view Clever judicial decisions – miscellaneous

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