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(here begins the account of the wonders)
The moon affects the water as well as natural humours. The wonderful natures of wells. A fish with three gold teeth. The island that was first unstable and was made stable by means of fire. A whirlpool of the sea that swallows ships. The Giants' Dance and the wonderful happenings of our own time; and first about a wolf that talked with a priest. A woman with a beard and a mane on her back. A lion that loved a woman. Wolves that whelp in December. About miracles; and first about the fruit and ravens and blackbirds of St. Kevin. A book miraculously written.
& since I thought that a high-minded prince would place the value on things that easily come to be - and just as easily perish - I decided to send those things rather which cannot be lost. By then I shall, through you, instruct posterity. For no age can destroy them.
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Gerald of Wales,"History & Topography of Ireland"
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