Footnote 861:[(return)]

Joyce, SH i. 229; O'Curry, MC ii. 224, MS Mat. 284.

Footnote 862:[(return)]

IT i. 129; Livy, v. 34; Loth, RC xvi. 314. The Irish for consulting a lot is crann-chur, "the act of casting wood."

Footnote 863:[(return)]

Cæsar, vi. 14.

Footnote 864:[(return)]

O'Curry, MC ii. 46, 224; Stokes, Three Irish Homilies, 103.

Footnote 865:[(return)]

Cormac, 94. Fionn's divination by chewing his thumb is called Imbas Forosnai (RC xxv. 347).

Footnote 866:[(return)]

Antient Laws of Ireland, i. 45.

Footnote 867:[(return)]

Hyde, Lit. Hist. of Ireland, 241.

Footnote 868:[(return)]

Justin, xliii. 5.

Footnote 869:[(return)]

O'Grady, ii. 362; Giraldus, Descr. Camb. i. 11.

Footnote 870:[(return)]

Pennant, Tour in Scotland, i. 311; Martin, 111.