For the slaughter of the boar by the mythical father of the Campbells, see "The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Grainne.” (Ossianic Society, Dublin, 1857.) The modern Irish have anglicized Diarmuid as Jeremiah. (s) p. 218. "The Pope's legate." See Mr. Hume Brown's "Early Travellers in Scotland," p. xii. The legate visited Scotland in 1543. "His name and identity are still a disputed point, and he is variously known as Peter Francis Contareno, Mark German, and Marcus Grymanus, Patriarch of Aquileia." (t) p. 223. "A charm, which in English ran thus." The charm, as given by Reginald Scott (1584), is, "Hail be thou, holie hearbe Growing on the ground; Thou art good for manie a sore, And healest manie a wound; In the name of sweete Jesus I take thee from the ground."' The Discoverie of Witchcraft, book xii. ch. xiv. (edition of 1886, p. 198). (u) p. 266. "Whatever were the original rights of the Stewarts." Scott has been accused of " blind Jacobitism." The extent of his blindness may be estimated from Waverley's reflections in this chapter. Scott was interested as an historian and as the descendant of " Auld Beardie " in the Jacobite cause. He admired - as who does not?— the self-sacrificing loyalty of the Highlanders, never so nobly displayed as after Drumossie. He felt the poetic charm of the unhappy and ungrateful House of Stewart. But his writings might be searched in vain for even a sentimental approval of " plunging a kingdom into all the miseries of civil war for the purpose of replacing upon the throne the descendants of a monarch by whom it had been wilfully forfeited." (v) p. 268. "Oggam," generally spelled "Ogham," a system of writing by means of lines incised, at various angles, on the edges of a squared stone. The researches of Professor Rhys do not support the Punic hypothesis of General Vallancey. (w) p. 271. "The sanguine Jacobites, during the eventful years 1745-46, kept up the spirits of their party by the rumour of descents from France on behalf of the Chevalier St. George." See "Tom Jones," book xi. ch. vi. Mrs. Fitzpatrick asked Honour "who were come?" "Who?" answered she, "why, the French; several hundred thousands of them are landed, and we shall be all murdered and ravished." "Ay, ay," quoth the landlord, smiling, "her ladyship knows better things; she knows the French are our very best friends, and come over hither only for our good. They are the people who are to make old England flourish again. His Honour's Majesty [Charles Edward], Heaven bless him, hath given the duke the slip, and is marching as fast as he can to London, and ten thousand French are landed to join him on the road." ... ANDREW LANG. GLOSSARY. A', all. Aboon, abune, above. Aby, abye, to suffer, to endure. Carle, a churl, a gruff old man. Cateran, kearn, Highland ir regular soldier, freebooter. Clachan, a hamlet. "Claw favour," to curry favour. Cleek, hook. Cogue, cogie, a round wooden vessel for holding milk, brose, etc. Coronach, dirge. Corrie, a mountain hollow. Creagh, a Highland foray, a raid. favour" means to curry favour. Curragh, a Highland boat or skiff. Daft, mad, frolicsome. Decreet, order of decree. "Deil's buckie," devil's scamp. "Deoch an doruis," the stirrupcup, the parting drink. Browst, brewing; as much as Dern, a concealed, secret spot: is brewed at one time. Bruik, to enjoy. Bullsegg, a half-gelded bull. Buttock-mail, church penance for incontinency. Bydand, awaiting. Cailliachs, old women. Callant, a young lad, a fine fellow. Canny, skilful, prudent, lucky; in a superstitious sense, goodconditioned, and safe to deal with; trustworthy. gloomy, dismal. Dinmonts, wethers between one and two years old, or that have not been twice shorn. Doer, a steward. Doon, down. Dovering, dozing, half asleep. Dunniewassal (or duinhé. wassel), a Highland gentleman, generally the cadet of a family of rank, and who received his title from the land he occupied, though held at will of his chieftain. |