Etruscans.—See Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria, vol i p. 295, where the bas-reliefs are described which represent the præficæ, or hired mourners, wailing over the corpse.
Laid down.—Law, Saxon, lagu, lah; from lecgan==Goth. lagjan, to lay, to place; Gael. lagh, a law; leag, to lie down; Latin, lex, from Gr. lego, to lay.
It.—Four Masters, vol. i p. 133. The Seanchus Mor was sometimes called Cain Phadruig, or Patrick's Law.