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Triads
Three things by which we may know our neighbor: that he is
poor, that he is a stranger, and that he is in the image of
human kind.
Three gifts of charity : food, sanctuary, and instruction. There are three things proper from one who has received
kindness: their thanks, their remembrance, and their requital.
Three things for which thanks are due, because that is as easy
as reward: an invitation, a gift, and a warning.
Three qualities unbecoming anyone: being importunate in asking,
hard in giving, and ill in opinion.
Three things which bring one many invitations: saying little,
and that wise and instructive; quiet mirth without great effort;
and behaving always without arrogance.
Three things which cause one loss of invitations: eating to
much, speaking to much, and asking to much.
Three who ought not to be invited to a house: a flattering
deceiver, a scornful mocker, and an envious traitor.
Three things unhandsome at a banquet: a skewer too short, a
blunt knife, and a dish out of reach.
Three indignities of one at a feast: coughing in their drink,
cutting their hand with a knife, and spilling their broth.
Three improprieties of one at a feast: breaking from every piece
in the dish, putting in their mouth more than his companion can
respond to, and drinking with his piece in his mouth; and a
fourth impropriety: finding fault with the food they eat.
Three meats of the hosteller: boiled flesh, red flesh, living
flesh.
Three things never to bring one who has been your host: harm,
contention, ill repute.
Three reasons for keeping silent: against saying the thing one
ought not, against speaking in the way one ought not, and
against speaking in the place one ought not.
Three reasons for speaking, come what may: for instruction
against ignorance, counsel against strife, and truth against
harmful falsehood.
Three things do no hurt against any: concealing ill manners,
controlling passion, and destroying ill intention.
There are three things which one should give freely to guests:
gracious accommodation, friendly conversation, and insured
safety.
Three elements of gracious accommodation: Cheerful welcome;
hot sustenance; and a warm bed.
Three things a guest should never bring to another's house: ill
tidings; presumptuous license; and treachery.
Three improprieties of a person at a feast: partaking of every
piece on the dish; stuffing the mouth; talking with the mouth
full.
Three things all should have on hand for a guest, expected or
not: open door, undry cauldron, warm bed. There are three things without which one is not whole: a mate, a
home, and a craft.
Three things desirable in a household: good order, good
knowledge, and sufficient plenty.
Three felicities of a household: and honest watchman, a careful
herdsman, and a wise errand-goer.
Three things which make one glad: their mate loving them, their
labor prospering, and their conscience easy.
Three things fitting for one when they are at home: their mate
laying with them , their cushion in their chair, and their harp
in tune.
Three things of great comfort for one to have: their mate in
their bed, their fire in their hearth, and their money in their
purse.
Three felicities of a wise person: kindly soil, a dedicated
mate, and a law-abiding child.
Three things which will exalt a person: a mate dedicated and
diligent, a master faithful, and safety.
Three things which help one to get rich: their mate saving,
their family not wasting, and themselves laboring.
Three things which make a marriage happy: equality of age,
equality of lineage, and equality of possessions.
Three felicities of a person and their mate: being merry at
home, good in their relations with the Shining Ones, and
mediators among their neighbors.
Three things one gains when their mate endeavors to be
excellent: their household peaceful for love of them, their
children gentle in manners, and the respect of their neighbors.
Three things a person gains when their mate endeavors to be
excellent: peace of mind, wellness of body, and stable
prosperity.
Three treasures of the child in a good home: truth, love, and
growth.
Three things in a person which makes their mate a leader among
their neighbors: skill, industry, and wisdom.
Three things which bring dignity to a person: discretion in
speech, contentment in the life they lead, and being peaceful
among their neighbors.
Three things which makes one content with their dinner: their
mate clever, their food savory, and their stomach healthy.
Three things pleasant to one at their dinner: a sharp-edged
knife, a sharp-pointed skewer, and a clean plate. There are three uncomfortable things: a house without a mate, a
chamber without food, and a body without health.
Three things which make disorder in a household: the man
drunken, the wife execrable, the children intractable.
Three things that one is better without: a dishonest household,
disobedient children, a drunken mate.
Three things which will drive one from their house: their mate
quarreling, their roof leaking, and their chimney smoking.
Three infelicities of a household: an idle doer of ill , keeping
a paramour, and lodging a priest.
Three things which make one needy: Their mate luxurious, their
household negligent, and themselves extravagant.
Three things which bring a mate hate instead of love:
peevishness, desire of dominance, and the pampering of their own
stomach.
Three things which bring on one the worlds disrespect and their
mates' hatred: lying long in the morning, being stubborn, and
bringing a paramour into their house.
Three indignities of a woman: being garrulous, being querulous,
and being slanderous.
Three indignities of a man: being quick to suspicion, being
quick to anger, being slow to labor.
Three things which bring on a person a bad opinion : being apt
to dally with youths, being greedy in dainties, and speaking ill
of their neighbors.
