[571]. Rhys: Hibbert Lectures, p. 514.

[572]. Ibid., p. 516.

[573]. A good account of the Irish festivals is given by Lady Wilde in her Ancient Legends of Ireland, pp. 193-221.

[574]. Pennant: A Tour in Scotland and Voyage to the Hebrides, 1772.

[575]. Martin: Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, 1695.

[576]. Gaidoz: Esquisse de la Réligion des Gaulois, p. 21.

[577]. Gomme: Ethnology in Folklore, pp. 136-139.

[578]. Ibid., p. 137.

[579]. Mitchell: The Past in the Present, pp. 271, 275.

[580]. Elton: Origins of English History, p. 284.