Bechbretha
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thumb|The decorated initial B begins the Bechbretha in a 14th-century manuscript (Library of Trinity College Dublin|Trinity College, MS 1316).
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thumb|The decorated initial B begins the Bechbretha in a 14th-century manuscript (Library of Trinity College Dublin|Trinity College, MS 1316).
The Bechbretha (Old Irish for "Bee-judgements") is an early Irish legal text on the law of beekeeping. It has been dated to the middle of the 7th century CE. The author of Bechbretha may also have been the author of two other early Irish legal tracts, Coibes Uisci Thairdne and Bretha im Fhuillema Gell.
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