[Chain of repose]: as if the breezes were bound down and kept at rest by a chain.

[Darkness]: the darkness of paganism.

[Pure light], and Day star: Christianity.

[Wreathed], twisted, curled.

[Hazel-mead], a kind of mead with hazel nuts put into it to flavour it. For mead, see p. [17].

[Lullaby], a nurse song: a song to put a person to sleep; see p. [210].

[Mannanan], or Mannanan Mac Lir, a Dedannan chief, the Pagan Irish god of the sea.

[Angus], a Dedannan or fairy chief, who had his palace under one of the great mounds on the Boyne between Drogheda and Slane.

[VIII.—Page 39].

[Matin time], very early in the morning: before day: the time of first prayer.