[847] Odyssey, Book I., 67.
[848] Cours d’Hieroglyphique Chretienne, in L’Universite Catholique, vol. vi., p. 266.
[849] Cf. Hazlitt, W. C., Faiths and Folklore, i., 222.
[850] Hunt, p. 328.
[851] Deer, near Aberdeen, is said to have derived its name from deur, the Gaelic for tear, because St. Drostan shed tears there. The monkish authority in the Book of Deer says: “Drostan’s tears came on parting with Columcille”. Said Columcille, “Let Dear be its name henceforward”.
[852] Fergusson, p. 273.
[853] The Tuttle family may similarly be assigned to one or other of the innumerable Toothills.
[854] Irish Folklore, p. 31.
[855] Wentz, W. Y. Evans, p. 404.
[856] In Irish aine means circle.