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" And so they obtained their wishes from God, viz. the earth to Guaire, wisdom to Cumain Foda, and sickness and disease to Caimine, so that not one bone of him remained united to the other on earth, but his flesh dissolved, and his nerves, with the excess... "
Leabhar Imuinn: The Book of Hymns of the Ancient Church of Ireland - Page 87
edited by - 1855 - 304 pages
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Publications. 29 vols., Volume 16

Irish archaeological and Celtic society - 1855 - 134 pages
...sickness and disease to Caimine, so that not one bone of him remained united to the other on earth, but his flesh dissolved, and his nerves, with the...to their wishes [expressed] in the church. Finis. II.—It remains now to make some remarks on the foregoing authorities, including the Scholiast's Preface...
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The discipline of drink

Thomas Edward Bridgett - Temperance - 1876 - 332 pages
...sickness and disease to Caimine, so that not one bone of him remained united to the other on earth, but his flesh dissolved and his nerves, with the excess...him. So that they all went to heaven according to the wishes they had expressed in the church." 1 Let us now listen to the wisdom of St Cummian. His...
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Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 8

Leslie Stephen - Great Britain - 1886 - 480 pages
...and that his prayer was granted 'so that not one bone of him remained united to the other on earth, but his flesh dissolved, and his nerves, with the excess of every disease that fell upon him ' (Tonn, Hymns, &c., p. 87). He died in 653, and was buried in the monastery that had grown up about...
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Insula Sanctorum Et Doctorum: Or, Ireland's Ancient Schools and Scholars

John Healy - Ireland - 1890 - 668 pages
...disease came on Caimin, and not one bone of him remained united to the other on earth, but his flesh was dissolved, and his nerves with the excess of every disease that fell upon him." On account, doubtless, of this penitential spirit, Caimin has been likened, by an old author, to Pachomius...
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The History and Antiquities of the Diocese of Kilmacduagh

Jerome Fahey - Christian antiquities - 1893 - 550 pages
...sickness and disease to Caimine, so that not one bone of him remained united to the other on earth, but his flesh dissolved, and his nerves, with the excess of every disease that fell upon him." Apart from any historical value this legend may be supposed to possess, it throws into an interesting...
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