[3] There is a strange idea current in Europe at the present time that one of the most remarkable potentates now living has this fatal gift and power of the Evil Eye.
[4] In Ancient Egypt the ivy was sacred to Osiris, and a safeguard against evil.
[5] The correct names for these islands are Innis-Erk (the Island of St. Erk), and Innis-bo-finn (the Island of the White Cow).
[6] The fairies have a right to whatever is spilt or falls upon the ground.
[7] Leprehaun, or Leith Brogan, means the “Artisan of the Brogae.”
[8] The ancient serpent-idol was called in Irish, “The Great Worm.” St. Patrick destroyed it, and had it thrown into the sea. There are no serpents now to be found in Ireland, not even grass snakes or scorpions.
[9] Extract from a letter by the Marchioness of Waterford, on the Currahmore Crystal.
[10] This word “fibulæ” is a heathenish and imported term, quite foreign to the Irish tongue. There is no other word known in the Irish language to designate a brooch, be it of bone or be it of gold, than Dealg, which signifies a thorn.
[11] See Sir William Wilde’s work, “Lough Corrib: its Shores and Islands,” where a drawing of this inscription is given.
[12] “The History of Dublin.” 3 vols. By J. T. Gilbert, M.R.I.A. Dublin.