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Quotation from Cuchulain of Muirthemne by Lady Gregory
“it was said of him that he could tell what a person's sickness was by looking at the smoke of the house he was in; and he knew by looking at a wound what sort the person was that gave it.”
Cuchulain of Muirthemne, The Awakening of Ulster (Fingan and Cethern) (1907 John Murray edition (Internet Archive scan))
Fifteen physicians from Maeve's camp have declared the wounded Cethern incurable; Cuchulain sends for Fingan, Conchubar's druid physician.
Citation: "it was said of him that he could tell what a person's sickness was by looking at the smoke of the house he was in; and he knew by looking at a wound what sort the person was that gave it." — Lady Gregory, Cuchulain of Muirthemne, The Awakening of Ulster (Fingan and Cethern) (1907 John Murray edition (Internet Archive scan)). (id cuchulain-of-muirthemne-q7)
Portrait: Cuchulainn's death, illustration by Stephen Reid 1904, Stephen Reid, Public domain.
