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within your bone-marrow?" LOISNEACH, cunning, “foxy,” Ir. loise, a fox, OHG. luhs, AS, lox, Eng. lynx. LON, a demon, a blackbird, .lon-chraois, gluttony (of a demon). Lonach, greedy, The root is leuq, light, and has reference to the Gaelic sun-god Lugh and to the Norse Lokki. Note also lon, prattle, forwardness, the Ir. lonaigh, a jest. One of this species came to Fionn and Caoilte: He was obviously a famhair since he was described as “a young man, very big and very ugly, having but one eye and one hand, and wearing a cloak of black skins over his shoulder. In his hand was a blunt ploughshare and it was red (like Thor’s hammer). And he told them he was one of the three smiths of the King of Lochlann (the Otherworld). And whether he hoped to lead these men, or run from them, he started away, and they followed across all Ireland to Slieve-na-Righ and to Luimneach and to Ath Luain and on past Cruachan to Ess Ruadh and Beinn Edair and so to the sea. And there (presumably within the ocean) they found a smithy, and went into it, and found four giants at work, and each of them had seven heads. Fionn and Caoilte had them fashion swords, and made good use of them afterwards. And here two was fashioned Mac an Luin and Fionn’s shield which he called Sgiath Gailbhinn, the Storm Shield, and when it called out for his danger it could be heard all over Ireland.” LON-CHRAOIS, gluttony, MIr, lon-crais, sometimes given as lon, water + craos, the wide opened mouth, a water-demon. Note also crosean,m a buffoon or quarter-day fool, the Lat. crapula, the source of the Eng. Crap and Crapper. Additionally lon may be interpreted as prattle or foolishness and relates to luach, ashes. Note lon-aighear, boisterous mirth. LONG, an ocean-going ship, Cym. llong, ON. lung; cf. Lat. lagena, a long-stemmed flagon. Sometimes supposed borrowed from Lat. longa, the name given their war-ship,
Eng. fly. The festival known as the “Building of the Ship” was once traditional in parts of Ireland and still continuing in Lerwick, Scotland. “It was believed to be some form of fertility ceremonial and was eventually suppressed on account of its unduly frank character.” Festival ships were unusual creations, fitted with wheels or skids so that they could pass over land or water following the model of the death-ship owned by Manann mac Ler. At the end of frolics of the Quarter-Days, this embodiment of royal godhood was either sunk in a swamp or burned. These happenings also took place in Scandinavia where the close connection between the “dragon-ships” and fertility rights is shown in their ancient rock-carvings. Here the crowds show surrounding the long-boats are seen prostrating themselves, dancing and performing acrobatics. The maritime history of the Celts is almost unknown but we know that the Desi, residents in the south of Ireland, made extensive seaborne sallies against Cornwall and Wales in the year 232 A.D. In this same decade the Picts of Scotland were so successful at their trade they were able to challenge Roman war ships that wandered into the British main. They visited Iceland from very early times and were still going there when the climate turned down in the fourth century A.D. During the following century, when the ice-packs began to recede, the Britons, the Picts and the Gaels began a routine trade with northern Europe and even made occasional contact with Mediterranean ports. There is a tendency to think of skin-covered coracles when speaking of the early residents of Britain. These two-man lake-vessels should not be confused with the heftier curraghs favoured by the Gaelic-speakers of Scotland and Ireland. Created of ox-hides, they have been shown to be as seaworthy as any planked craft, and were big, sturdy, broad-beamed vessels capable of carrying a crew of twenty in addition to a massive cargo.
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Page 29 and 30: LOCH DEARG, the Red Lake, Ireland;
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