HOSPITALITY IN ANCIENT IRELAND Oh King of stars! Whether my house be dark or bright, Never shall it be closed against any one, Lest Christ close His house against me. If there be a guest in your house And you conceal aught from him, 'Tis not the guest that will be without it, But Jesus, Mary's Son. -- Anonymous (13th century), translated by Kuno Meyer. >From the "Leabhar Breac (Speckled Book). A marginal note.