Is fo-chen aged fecheman.

(is * welcome * face * of debtor)

The face of a debtor is welcome.

Said by Conall Cernach in “Brislech Mór Maige Murthemni” to the fleeing Lugaid, whom he has just caught up with. The debt that is owed is blood, for Lugaid has slain Cú Chulainn, and Conall Cernach expects to collect on it at once.

Topics: Proverbial Sayings