Contigit vero in illo anno idolatriæ sollempnitatem quam gentiles incantationibus multis et magicis inventionibus aliis idolatriæ superstitionibus, congregatis etiam regibus, satrapis, ducibus, principibus, et optimatibus populi insuper, et magis, incantatoribus, auruspicibus, et omnis artis omnisque doni inventoribus, doctoribus, ut vocatis ad Loigairum.—Betham, _Ant. Res._, ii. App. p. v. Footnote 220: _Ib._ p. viii. Footnote 221: _Ib._ p. xxix. Footnote 222: Et venit ad illos cum viiii. Magis induti vestibus albis cum hoste magico.—_Ib._, Ap. p. xxxi. Footnote 223: O’Connor, _Script. Hib. Prolegomena_, vol. i. p. xxii. Footnote 224: Cormac’s Gloss., _Ir. Ar. Socy._, p. 94. The gloss adds ‘verbi gratia, figura solis.’ Is it possible that this can refer to the cup-markings on stones and rocks? Footnote 225: O’Curry’s _Lectures on MS. Materials_, App. p. 527. Footnote 226: _Chronicle of the Picts and Scots_, p. 31. Footnote 227: _Chron. Picts and Scots_, pp. 37, 41, 42. Footnote 228: _Ib._, p. 45. Footnote 229: _Misc. Irish Arch. Socy._, p. 12. Dr. Todd, in his notes to the Irish Nennius, p. 144, translates _Sreod_ by ‘sneezing;’ and the last line he renders ‘nor on the noise of clapping of hands.’—_Life of S. Pat._, p. 122. Footnote 230: Adamnan, B. ii. c. 34. Footnote 231: _Leabhar Breac_, Part i. p. 137; Part ii. p. 198. The old Irish word for Druid is in the singular _Drui_; nom. plural, _Druadh_ or _Druada_; gen. plural, _Druad_. The modern form is _Draoi_, _Draoite_, _Draoit_. Footnote 232: Adamnan, B. i. c. 33. Footnote 233: _Ib._, B. ii. c. 33. Footnote 234: Adamnan, B. ii. c. 10. Footnote 235: _Ib._, B. ii. c. 35. Footnote 236: Adamnan, B. iii. c. 9. Footnote 237: Petrie, _Ant. of Tara Hill_, p. 123. Footnote 238: This Dr. John Stuart has most conclusively shown in the very able papers in the appendix to his preface to the _Sculptured Stones of Scotland_, vol. ii. It is to be regretted that these valuable essays have not been given to the public in a more accessible shape. Footnote 239: Dr. Todd, in a note as to the meaning of the word Beltine, says, ‘This word is supposed to signify “lucky fire,” or “the fire of the god Bel” or Baal. The former signification is possible; the Celtic word _Bil_ is good or lucky; _tene_ or _tine_, fire. The other etymology, although more generally received, is untenable.—Petrie on _Tara_, p. 84. The Irish pagans worshipped the heavenly bodies, hills, pillar stones, wells, etc. There is no evidence of their having had any personal gods, or any knowledge of the Phœnician _Baal_. This very erroneous etymology of the word Beltine is, nevertheless, the source of all the theories about the Irish Baal-worship, etc.’—_Life of Saint Patrick_, p. 414. Footnote 240: