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elsewhere and kept there all year. GEASCHAD, enchantment, charm. Conjuration, vow, astrology, a superstition. Geaseachd, enchantment, sorcery. GEASADAIR, wizard, charmer, conjurer, sorcerer. Geasach, enchanting, charming, GEASA DROMA DRAIOCHTA , (gay sha dro ma dru hok tah), droman, the alder tree; draoi, a magician. An enchantment of inviolable power enacted by a master-magician. These spells were cast by envisioning the final effect on the geisbearer. The magician then chanted appropriate words which increased in volume to a final crescendo. GEASA GRA, (gay sh graw), a love enchantment, but note grab, an interference with normal events, a hindrance, the Eng. grab, to take by improper means. EIr. ghr, gut, a cord, suggesting the use of the “blue clew of witchcraft” to obtain a desired end. Eng. cord. Alternately greathlach, an inspector of cylinders or entrails of animals (a witch).” GEAS DIOMA, dioma, on me; a proscription (on me). A druidic enchantment. GEASA DRAOIDACHT, “the sorceries of the druids.” GEBANN. The father of Cliodhna, the Irish goddess of beauty. GEIS, GEAS, custom, prohibition, a proscription through magic, geisneach, enchanted, like a charm. Enchanting, conjuring. GEILT, terror, fear, a distracted person, wild, made mad through fear, shell-shocked. cowardice. geill, yield, submit, Norse vertha at gjalti. Same word as Eng. jell, to turn solid, freeze in terror. During the battle of Venntry when Fionn mac Cumhail fought Daire Don, the “King of the World,” one of his
warriors named Goll retreated to Gleann na nGealt, the “Glen of the Guilty,” the only place where lunatics and cowards could dwell. There he consumed water-cresses and drank from Tobergalt, the “Well of the Guilty,” and recovered his senses. Suibhne Geilt, similarly reactive to the Battle of Moyrath also went there. Cowardly men, suffering from “shell-shock,” were said to retreat from other men and in the forest acquired a coat of feathers. Although they were unable to fly it was noted that they could run faster than a greyhound and skip among the trees “as swiftly as monkeys or squirrels.” It is said that the spirit of Suibhne having descended to madness flew up into the air “as a bird” and only arrived at his glen of delight “after long and arduous wanderings.” See gealta. GEIM DRUATH, geim, from below; the Druath’s Lever or Spear, a druid’s weapon, the druid’s “cry,” geim, a dart, the word is based on gobhal, a forked stick. The “Druath’s Cry.” Skr. dru, to melt or run, from draoi, a druid. This weapon was thrust at the genitals. Ir. draoi, genitive case, druadh. The Eng. true, an “artist.” Geimh, fetter, chains. In the medieval period the druath was defined as a set of court entertainer, the others being professional jesters, or standup comics, jugglers and buffons, or experts at slapstick. It is said the druath was often dismissed as a buffon but he was “of a superior order.” Of particular note was druath Ua Maighlinne who belonged the court at Ailech in the eighth century. On the eve of the great battle at Almain (Allen) he entertained the northern warriors by reciting all the battles and triumphs of their forefathers. When he was taken prisoner, and about to be beheaded, he was asked to give the geim druath, or “druith’s cry” one more time before dying. So loud, beautiful, and melodious was this peculiar sound that for three days and nights echoes of it reverberated from the spot where he had stood. Another “entertainer” named Donnbo was killed in this same conflict, and it was later agreed that he was not only handsome “but the best at
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
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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 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 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
Page 43: was later realized that any woman m
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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