batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l6619-l6691
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record_id: batch.motif.celtic-irish-heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy-gutenberg-l6619-l6691
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
passage_locator:
label: PAGE 12 / PAGE 13 / PAGE 14 / PAGE 15; lines 6619-6691
start: '6619'
end: '6691'
translation: Heroic Romances of Ireland
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: Translator's notes introduce a literal rendering of a dialogue in which
a young man is questioned about a long sickness. He says harp music and milk do
not please him, cannot speak plainly of the cause, and says his body and head
are sick. Female speakers ask whether love or a woman is involved and offer healing
or assistance in courtship.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage contains translator's notes on Irish wording, including references
to sickness, a cough of consumption, and a burial mound.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: A speaker asks a young man what has happened to him and describes him as having
a long bed of sickness.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:3
text: The sick speaker says there is cause for his sighs, that harp music does not
content him, and that no milk pleases him.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:4
text: A maiden identifies herself as wise and asks the sick man to tell her what
may benefit him so that she may work his healing.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The sick speaker says he cannot speak of the matter and refers to the secrets
of women.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: A speaker says that even though women's secrets are bad, if the matter is
love, remembrance remains for long.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The sick speaker addresses a white maiden and a wife of the king, and says
his body and head are sick and that this is reported in Ireland.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: obs:8
text: A female speaker says that if a woman among the troops of white women is vexing
him, she shall come there and courtship shall be made with her help.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: obs:9
text: The translator notes uncertainty and possible confusion between Eochaid Airemm
and Eochaid Fedlech in the poem.
category: other
evidence_refs:
- ev:9
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: A, the sick young man
description: A male speaker addressed as a young man, lying in a long sickness and
reporting that his body and head are sick.
role_refs:
- role:1
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:7
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: B, questioning speaker
description: A speaker who asks the young man what has happened and later suggests
that the matter may be love.
role_refs:
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: fig:3
name_or_label: E, wise maiden / female helper
description: A maiden who calls herself wise, offers to work healing, and later
offers to bring a woman and assist courtship.
role_refs:
- role:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:8
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: white maiden / wife of the King
description: A female addressee called a white maiden and wife of the King, Eochaid
Fedlech, in the literal rendering.
role_refs:
- role:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: fig:5
name_or_label: woman among the troops of white women
description: A possible woman said to be vexing the sick man, whom the helper says
shall come if it pleases him.
role_refs:
- role:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: fig:6
name_or_label: Eochaid Fedlech
description: Named as the king in the phrase 'wife of the King, Eochaid Fedlech';
a note warns of confusion with Eochaid Airemm.
role_refs:
- role:6
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
roles:
- id: role:1
label: sick sufferer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: He is addressed as having a long bed of sickness and says his body and head
are sick.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:7
- id: role:2
label: questioner and interpreter of possible love
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: This speaker asks what has happened and says that if it is love, remembrance
remains for long.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:6
- id: role:3
label: wise maiden and healing helper
assigned_to:
- fig:3
basis: She says she is a wise maiden and asks what may benefit the sufferer so healing
may be wrought by her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: role:4
label: royal female addressee
assigned_to:
- fig:4
basis: The sick speaker addresses a white maiden and wife of the King.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- id: role:5
label: possible cause of distress
assigned_to:
- fig:5
basis: The helper asks whether any one among the troops of white women is vexing
him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
- id: role:6
label: named king
assigned_to:
- fig:6
basis: Eochaid Fedlech is named in the phrase identifying the king, though the note
warns of confusion with another Eochaid.
evidence_refs:
- ev:7
- ev:9
symbols:
- id: sym:1
label: milk that does not please
literal_form: milk
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs:
- milk
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:2
label: harp music that does not content
literal_form: music of a harp
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: sym:3
label: fire behind eyes
literal_form: fire of some one behind her eyes
associated_figures:
- fig:3
- fig:4
taxonomy_refs:
- fire
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: sym:4
label: bed of sickness
literal_form: long bed of sickness
associated_figures:
- fig:1
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: sym:5
label: burial mound
literal_form: burial mound
associated_figures: []
taxonomy_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Translator's notes on wording
summary: The passage opens with notes on the translation of Irish phrases, including
details concerning sickness, a cough of consumption, and a burial mound.
figure_refs: []
symbol_refs:
- sym:5
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: scene:2
label: Questioning of the sick young man
summary: A speaker asks the young man what has happened; he describes his distress
through lack of pleasure in harp music and milk.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
symbol_refs:
- sym:1
- sym:2
- sym:4
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- id: scene:3
label: Offer of healing and guarded disclosure
summary: A wise maiden asks the sufferer to tell what ails him so she can heal him,
but he says he cannot speak of it and refers to women's secrets.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
symbol_refs:
- sym:3
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
- id: scene:4
label: Love and courtship proposed as explanation
summary: Another speaker says that if the matter is love, remembrance lasts; the
sufferer reports bodily sickness, and the helper offers to bring a woman from
among white women and arrange courtship with her help.
figure_refs:
- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
- fig:4
- fig:5
- fig:6
symbol_refs: []
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
- ev:9
candidate_motifs:
- id: motif:1
label: love-sickness or secret love as bodily illness
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: The dialogue connects the man's long sickness, lack of pleasure, and bodily
distress with the possibility that 'it is love' and with a woman who may be vexing
him.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:3
- ev:6
- ev:7
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The literal rendering is fragmentary and framed by translator's notes;
the sick man does not explicitly state that love is the cause.
- id: motif:2
label: healing through confession to a wise female helper
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A maiden calls herself wise and asks the sick man to disclose anything beneficial
so that his healing may be wrought by her.
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- ev:5
confidence: medium
cautions: The passage records the offer of healing, not the completion of a cure.
- id: motif:3
label: female mediation of courtship
taxonomy_refs: []
basis: A female helper says that if a woman among the troops of white women is vexing
him, the woman shall come and courtship shall be made with her help.
evidence_refs:
- ev:8
confidence: medium
cautions: The identity and status of the woman are not established within this excerpt.
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 6619-6630
quote_or_summary: Translator's notes discuss Irish wording for phrases including
'So long as they were,' a sickness term glossed as a cough of consumption, 'worse
and worse,' and 'His burial mound.'
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 6633-6637
quote_or_summary: Speaker B asks what has happened to the young man and says his
bed of sickness is long.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 6639-6643
quote_or_summary: Speaker A says there is cause for sighs; harp music does not content
him and milk does not please him.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 6645-6649
quote_or_summary: Speaker E asks what ails the man, says she is a wise maiden, and
asks what may benefit him so that she may work healing.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 6651-6656
quote_or_summary: Speaker A says speaking of the matter is not possible, addresses
a lovely maiden, mentions fire behind her eyes, and says women's secrets are not
good.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 6658-6662
quote_or_summary: Speaker B says that although women's secrets are bad, if it is
love, the remembrance remains for long.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:7
type: summary
locator: lines 6664-6673
quote_or_summary: Speaker A blesses a white maiden, says his body opposes him, addresses
the wife of King Eochaid Fedlech, and says his body and head are sick and reported
in Ireland.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:8
type: summary
locator: lines 6675-6679
quote_or_summary: Speaker E says that if anyone among the troops of white women
is vexing him, she shall come there and courtship shall be made by E's help.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary generated from provided passage.
- id: ev:9
type: summary
locator: lines 6681-6691
quote_or_summary: Translator's notes say the meaning of one line is doubtful and
that there is obvious confusion between Eochaid Airemm and Eochaid Fedlech; another
phrase rendered 'It is reported' is not quite certain.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/celtic-irish/project-gutenberg/heroic-romances-of-ireland-leahy.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary generated from provided passage.
confidence:
extraction: medium
motif_candidates: medium
comparison_claims: uncertain
notes: The passage is a translator's note and literal rendering of dialogue, with
uncertain speaker identities and explicit translator cautions about doubtful meanings
and Eochaid confusion.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
No comparison claims were added because the excerpt itself does not support a specific comparative claim beyond internal patterning of sickness, love, healing, and courtship mediation.
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