Mide
The Metrical Dindsenchas

Mide son of Brath, son of Deoth, was the first to light a fire in Erin for the clans of Nemed, and it was six years a-blaze, and from that fire was kindled every chief fire in Erin. Wherefore Mide’s successor is entitled to a sack [of cornl with a pig from every house-top in Ireland. And the wizards of Ireland said: “Tis an evil smoke [mi-dé] for us, this fire that hath been lit in the land.’ So the wizards of Ireland were collected into one house, and, by Mide’s advice, their tongues were cut out of their heads, and he buried them in the ground of Uisnech, and Mide, chief wizard and chief historian of Ireland, sat above them. Then said Gairech Gumor’s daughter, Mide’s fostermother: ‘Sublime (uais) is one (nech) who is here tonight.’ Whence Uisnech and Mide.