[49]

Barzaz-Breiz, p. 335. Sébillot (Traditions de la Haute-Bretagne, t. i, p. 346) says that he could gain nothing regarding this incident at the village of Saint-Cast but “vague details.”

[50]

Rice Holmes, Cæsar’s Conquest, pp. 532-536.

[51]

See Rolleston, Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race, p. 66.

[52]

See Gomme, Ethnology in Folk-lore, p. 94.

[53]

It is of interest to recall the fact that Abélard was born near Nantes, in 1079.