Greene (David) (ed.): Un joc grossier in Irish and Provençal.

In Ériu 17, 19055, pp. 7–15.

3 texts on táiplis ‘backgammon’ in a metaphorical erotic sense (originating in France or Provence): (1) poem, translit. from BDL, 1st line: Mór tubaist na táiplisge; (2) poem, Goinim thú, a naoídh bheg shíar, ascr. to Tadhg Ó Ruairc, from MS B.M. Add. 40766; (3) extract from Mac an Míochomhairle (7433, lines 387–475). List of some technical terms.

Mac Airt (Seán): Board-games.

In Celtica 3, 1956, pp. 270–1. (Lexicographical notes, no. 8)

References to [táiplis, sífin súileach (?), caisléan cam (?)] in a 1833 Engl. letter from Enniskillen.