[15] Skazka O Klimkie. Moscow, 1829.
[16] Hanes Crefydd Yn Nghymru.
[17] The good gentlewoman was probably thinking of the celebrated king Brian Boromhe slain at the battle of Clontarf.
[18] Fox’s Court—perhaps London.
[19] Drych y Prif Oesoedd, p. 100.
[20] Y Greal, p. 279.
[21] Hanes Crefydd Yn NGhymru.
[22] Fear caoch: vir cæcus.
[23] Curses of this description, or evil prayers as they are called, are very common in the Irish language, and are frequently turned to terrible account by that most singular class or sect, the Irish mendicants. Several cases have occurred connected with these prayers, corresponding in many respects with the case detailed above.
[24] Sanscrit, Kali, a hero.