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

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Inverfargaig” in addition to its sea-serpent. Known to the highlands as “The Bodach,” it is often seen in the woods and travelling the rocky shore. During winter storms this ghost may be heard shrieking amidst the wind. Breadalbain has two globes of fire, both resident upon Loch Tay. One of these appeared at Tayside as a foreunner of future events. Two Cameron boys died on a small farm at Morenish and were buried in the churchyard at Kenmore. When a surviving brother arrived home from army-leave he decided they should by exhumed and carried by water to the other end of the loch for re-burial at Killin. On the night before this move took place two bright balls of light were seen cruising across the water on the course set the next day by the boat carrying the two coffins. Again, a ferryman living on the north side of the Tay heard a shrill whistle from the opposite bank and supposing someone wanted passage he rowed to the south side. On arrival he could not find anyone but as he watched a huge ball, which he thought resembled a sack of wool, came rolling down the hillside and toppled itself into his boat. Too terrified to question what he was being asked to carry, he rowed home with great haste. As the boat touched the far side the strange cargo dissolved into a huge white bird, which soared away and came to rest at the burial-grounds of Lawers. Shortly after, the ferryman found himself employed to carry the corpse of a young woman across the water so that it could be buried at Lawers. GEALL. pledge, mortgage, love. Prize, reward, desire. See next. GEALL--CINNIDH, head-pledge. The fine paid by one guilty of manslaughter to the relatives of the deceased. At one point an earl was recompensed at the rate of 66 2/3 cows. An earl’s son brought 44 cows, a thane’s son 11 cows, and so on downward according to social rank. Fines imposed for murder were considered as eirig. GEALTA, a man under a geall, a pledge or proscription. Such a person was doomed to pass a year and a day in the
isolation of the Otherworld or in a wilderness-retreat. Those who died in battle frequently departed without appropriate rites of passage. It was said that they assumed bird-form and had to flit about in a pugatorial place until the Otherworld opened its gates to them. Living cowards, who fled from battle, were also forced to a year of madness in a secluded glen. Gealtair, a coward, a timorous person (with reason). GEALTAN, the harlequin, a quarter-day fool. Gealtach, timorous, skittish, fearful, cowardly. GEAMAIR, gamer, game-keeper. A name sometimes visited on the Cailleach bheurr or “Winter Hag.” geamanta, tricky, crafty, see next two entries. GEAMH, a pledge, compensation. See next entry. To compensate the Cailleach for the loss of her wild animals taken in the hunt, gamesters collected pledges which were used to purchase criminals from the jails for “use” in the Quarter-Day fires. GEAMHRADH, GEAMRADH, Winter personified. gean, obs. Woman, the Cailleach bheurr. EIr. gemred; OIr. gaimred. From gam, chaste, cold, unproductive, the Winter Hag (or Gamekeeper). Cy., gaem, Br. goam, Skr. hima, cold, ON hrym, frosted, geamnaidh, chaste, virginal, cold. The word is allied with gaoth, the wind, the root being gai, driven. Confers with the Gaelic vei, the wind and with the Old Norse god Ve, whose name is a synonym for wind. A common Gaelic form of this god is Ghei which corresponds with the English ghost. Radh, saying, speaking, bringing about. Gamanrad, the “stirk-folk of Connaught.” Rad is a collective, feminine when in used in the last sense. The Bry. Stem may be giamo, winter; Lat. hiems. In the Celtic Calendaer this was the mid-winter month of Giamonios, twenty-nine days in length (roughly December) following Cutios and followed by Simivionnios. Within the first quarter of winter, the second quarter commencing with Equos. Note the next related note.
Page 1 and 2: G, GORT, ivy in the Ogham alphabet.
Page 3 and 4: also, bolla, a bowl or vessel. simi
Page 5 and 6: GAFANN, henbane, gaf, a hook, gafal
Page 7 and 8: was dominated by Gaelic-speakers (e
Page 9 and 10: of the Altai family, as for instanc
Page 11 and 12: of prodigious diversity of sound an
Page 13 and 14: the land." Neither will the Gaels s
Page 15 and 16: generally to the Celts. See next. G
Page 17 and 18: his English cousin pair off immedia
Page 19 and 20: For the sake of the Trinity. And ea
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
Page 31 and 32: There are also records of men who b
Page 33: which helps the corn (grains) to ri
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
Page 43 and 44: was later realized that any woman m
Page 45 and 46: warriors named Goll retreated to Gl
Page 47 and 48: this peeping-tom peered through a w
Page 49 and 50: which was always on foot, and doled
Page 51 and 52: of leaving a bit of work to be done
Page 53 and 54: obtained that it was retrieved from
Page 55 and 56: GIUTHAS, fir, EIr. gius, root gis,
Page 57 and 58: as the bracken. Turn grey in childh
Page 59 and 60: y Cian, an apprentice to the smith.
Page 61 and 62: actually non-existent but served to
Page 63 and 64: after it to see if they could find
Page 65 and 66: conscience, sometimes seen material
Page 67 and 68: After this, the three goddesses esc
Page 69 and 70: monster was overcome by Cúchulainn
Page 71 and 72: Bellenger who went first to Cape Br
Page 73 and 74: to the daughter of Cormac ard-righ,
Page 75 and 76: petitioned the widow, and she event
Page 77 and 78: day to the western earth and reborn
Page 79 and 80: Daoine sidh. GRIBH, obs. Griffin, w
Page 81 and 82: GRUGACH AN UBHAIL. The “apple mon
Page 83: GURAICEACH, a plucked bird, a block

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