Erin

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

• attribution: That writer, or somebody in his name, says that belltaine, May-day, was so called from the ' lucky fire,' or the ' two fires,' which the druids of Erin used to make on that day with great incantations (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)

  "That writer, or somebody in his name, says that belltaine, May-day, was so called from the ' lucky fire,' or the ' two fires,' which the druids of Erin used to make on that day with great incantations; and cattle, he adds, used to be brought to those fires, or to be driven between them, as a safeguard against the diseases of the year."

• attestation: Lastly, recourse may be had to a ritual of the same nature as that observed by the druid of ancient Erin, when, burdened with a heavy meal of the flesh of a red pig, he laid him down for the night in (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter IV: Manx Folklore)

  "Lastly, recourse may be had to a ritual of the same nature as that observed by the druid of ancient Erin, when, burdened with a heavy meal of the flesh of a red pig, he laid him down for the night in order to await a prophetic dream as to the manner of man the nobles of Erin assembled at Tara were to elect to be their king."

• attestation: the western coast of Erin — somewhere, let us say, off the cliffs of Moher \ in County Clare— witness Gerald Griffin's lines, to which a i)assing allusion has already been made, p (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter VII: Triumphs of the Water-world)

  "the western coast of Erin — somewhere, let us say, off the cliffs of Moher \ in County Clare— witness Gerald Griffin's lines, to which a i)assing allusion has already been made, p. 205: —"

• attribution: swords, and bound by magic sleep till they are to be called forth to take their part in the struggle for the restoration of Erin's freedom (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter VIII: Welsh Cave Legends)

  "swords, and bound by magic sleep till they are to be called forth to take their part in the struggle for the restoration of Erin's freedom."

• attestation: It is right, however, to point out that most of the stories go to show, that the gourmands of ancient Erin laid great stress on the pig being properly fed, chiefly on milk and the best kind of meal (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter IX: Place-name Stories)

  "It is right, however, to point out that most of the stories go to show, that the gourmands of ancient Erin laid great stress on the pig being properly fed, chiefly on milk and the best kind of meal."

• attestation: I2^ As he first sets his right foot on the land of Erin he sings a lay in which he says, that he is a boar, a bull, and a salmon, tc^ether with other things also, such as the sea-breeze, the rolling w (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter XI: Folklore Philosophy)

  "I2^ As he first sets his right foot on the land of Erin he sings a lay in which he says, that he is a boar, a bull, and a salmon, tc^ether with other things also, such as the sea-breeze, the rolling wave, the roar of the billows, and a lake on the plain."

Njál's Saga

• attestation: "I have been where warriors wrestled, High in Erin sang the sword, Boss to boss met many bucklers, Steel rung sharp on rattling helm; I can tell of all their struggle; Sigurd fell in flight of spea... (The Story Of Burnt Njal > 1. Of Fiddle Mord > The Woof Of War.)

  ""I have been where warriors wrestled, High in Erin sang the sword, Boss to boss met many bucklers, Steel rung sharp on rattling helm; I can tell of all their struggle; Sigurd fell in flight of spears; Brian fell, but kept his kingdom Ere he lost one drop of blood."

Those two, Flosi and the earl, talked much of this dream."