He is gone from the forest,
Like a summer-dried fountain,
When our need was the sorest.
“Fleet foot on the corrie
Sage counsel in cumber
Red hand in the foray,
How sound is thy slumber!”
To this passage Sir Walter Scott has added the following note:[79] “Corrie or Cori.” The hollow side of the hill where game usually lies!
I conceive a comparison of the following examples will serve to render it indisputable that this term may be accepted as a clue to a great number of the most important topographical names of Gaul and Britain, which have hitherto eluded the researches of Celtic scholars.
| Hebrew. | Celtic. |
| C.r. To surround, go round. | Cor. A Circle, (Welsh.) |
| A pasture or Circuit for Cattle. | Cor-lan. A Sheepfold, (Welsh.) |
| A Lamb. | Ka ora, or Kyra. A Sheep, (Irish.) |
| A “Cor.” A measure so called from its round form. | |
| C.eee.ou.r. A Round Pot, or Caldron. | “Cori,” or Corrie. “The hollow side of the Hill where the game usually lies.” (Sir W. Scott.) |
| C.r.e. To dig, as a Well or Pit. | A Hollow between Hills. A Cleugh. (Jamieson.) |