G, GORT, ivy in the Ogham alphabet. The bird ... - Rodney Mackay

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obligations in the community they visited. See above entries. The goat is particularly associated with the nature-spirit known as Cernu. GABHRA CATHA, the Battle of Gowra, Ireland; the last great conflict in which the Féinn took part and were exterminated. Cairbre, the high-king, hoping to curb the power of what had become a private army following the death of Fionn mac Cumhail, provoked a quarrel. The Féinn, led by Osgar, fought against Clan Morna, who sided with the king. In the battle Cairbre and Osgar killed one another. The site of this battle is usually given as Garristown, County Dublin. GACHANNACH. Any drink strong enough to make one gasp. Harsh. GAD, a withe, thong, cord, iron bar, inherent in a bad sense; Lat. hasta, a spear, Eng. gad, a bar, also our word yard. The Gaelic spear was reusable being attached to the wrist with a thong. Gadluinn, a slender human, a feeble fellow, a salmon after spawning. The Daoine sidh or “little people” were not small but tall and slender. Thus a device used by these folk. The cliabhan or creel was made by twisting and interweaving the gad. In days past a newly married couple was supplied with two creels filled with stones which were set upon the back of “a steady horse.” The animal was encouraged to wander and when some of the gad snapped under the stones and the baskets fell to earth this was understood to be the place where the new couple should build a home and raise a family. As the proverb says “The land that comes must be accepted!” Before the withes could be used to make baskets they had to be steeped in water; thus Is mithich a bhi bogadh nan gad, “It is time to wet the withes,” implies any preparations made for a journey. GAE BULG, GAE BOLG a “belly spear,” a “bag spear,” the "magical" weapon carried by Cúchullain. Said to be "a notched spear" made from "the bones of a sea-monster." Gad, gath, a dart, a sting, a rod made of metal, bulas, hooked,
also, bolla, a bowl or vessel. similar to Eng. buoy. Rolleston says the weapon was foot-propelled. Cúchullain was given his gae bolg by one of the Daoine sidh, the warrior queen known as Aoife, who he seduced while in training on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. In his first encounter with it Cu Cúchullain killed his own son Connla, born of this "fairy-maiden." Thus the balancing of the tables; men who were given great advantages by the Bafinne or “Fates” were led to expect equal disadvantages. Cúchullain also used this weapon to kill his friend Ferdiad and Queen Mebd’s champion Loc mac Mofebis. Although the rod made one entry wound it opened into thirty individual hooks within the body, “filling every limb and crevice with wounds.” This mystery weapon was probably of two distinct parts, viz. the Scot. bools, a pot hook consisting of two articulated parts, the Eng. bow, which has a similar construction. The word also confers with bolt and bag, and may bear some relationship with the people who were called the Firbolge. It is known that the active part of the weapon was bounced beneath body armour from the ground, so it may have resembled the catapults which were used by the Norse, and are mentioned in the Kings Mirror. They had a long lever-arm, at the outer end of which was a bowl or sling. In it was laid a heavy round stone, or more rarely a container for combustible matter. It is stated that the armament was jarthkol, or “coal ground into sulphur. The so-called “casting-stones” were baked clay with pebbles embedded in it. When these clay balls were slung out, “they burst in pieces and the enemy was left with nothing to throw back.” In the literature the “great black ball” used as shot is referred to as “a sheep’s paunch,” which suggests it may have been contained in a leather bag. When the Norse used it against the Greenlanders it made the distinctive herbrestr, or “war-crash, which has
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Page 5 and 6: GAFANN, henbane, gaf, a hook, gafal
Page 7 and 8: was dominated by Gaelic-speakers (e
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Page 13 and 14: the land." Neither will the Gaels s
Page 15 and 16: generally to the Celts. See next. G
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Page 21 and 22: Also stain, disease, flaw,, especia
Page 23 and 24: celebrated in a similar way, the Wo
Page 25 and 26: Equally traditional was the tale of
Page 27 and 28: If it is assumed that witches and f
Page 29 and 30: number of trees. Setting them ablaz
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Page 33 and 34: which helps the corn (grains) to ri
Page 35 and 36: isolation of the Otherworld or in a
Page 37 and 38: day of each month, and the word "ra
Page 39 and 40: follow three red horsemen. Fergus m
Page 41 and 42: Incarnate human gods were truly bet
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Page 45 and 46: warriors named Goll retreated to Gl
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Page 49 and 50: which was always on foot, and doled
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obtained that it was retrieved from
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GIUTHAS, fir, EIr. gius, root gis,
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as the bracken. Turn grey in childh
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y Cian, an apprentice to the smith.
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actually non-existent but served to
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after it to see if they could find
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conscience, sometimes seen material
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After this, the three goddesses esc
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monster was overcome by Cúchulainn
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Bellenger who went first to Cape Br
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to the daughter of Cormac ard-righ,
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petitioned the widow, and she event
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day to the western earth and reborn
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Daoine sidh. GRIBH, obs. Griffin, w
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GRUGACH AN UBHAIL. The “apple mon
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GURAICEACH, a plucked bird, a block
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