[439] The Ulster _Lucharman_ also has such an English look, that we should be tempted to derive it from the Ang.-Sax. _lácan_, _lǽcan_, to play. Loki _Löjemand_, or Loki Playman, is a name of the Eddaic deity Loki in the Danish ballads. [440] In the place of the Witch of Edmonton usually quoted with this, _Lubrick_ is plainly the Latin _lubricus_. [441] It will be observed that these, as well as the Young Piper in the Appendix, are related in the character of a peasant. This was in accordance with a frame that was proposed for the Fairy Legends, but which proved too difficult of execution to be adopted. [442] Lit. Yellow-stick, the ragwort or ragweed, which grows to a great size in Ireland. [443] A kind of spade with but one step, used in Leinster. [444] All that is said in this legend about the beer is a pure fiction, for we never heard of a Leprechaun drinking or smoking. It is, however, a tradition of the peasantry, that the Danes used to make beer of the heath. It was a Protestant farmer in the county of Cavan, that showed such knowledge of the siege of Derry; the Catholic gardener who told us this story, knew far better. It is also the popular belief that the Danes keep up their claim on Ireland, and that a Danish father, when marrying his daughter, gives her a portion in Ireland. [445] _i. e._ Felix. On account of the Romish custom of naming after Saints, Felix, Thaddæus, Terence, Augustine, etc., are common names among the peasantry. [446] In our Tales and Popular Fictions, p. 16, we noticed the coincidence between this and a passage in an Arabic author. We did not then recollect the following verses of Milton, The willows and the hazle copses green Shall now no more be seen Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays. _Lycidas_, 42. The simile of the moon among the stars in the same place, we have since found in the Nibelungen Lied (st. 285), and in some of our old poets, and Hammer says (Sehirin i. note 7), that it occurs even to satiety in Oriental poetry. In like manner Camoens' simile of the mirror, mentioned in the same place, occurs in Poliziano's Stanze i. 64. SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS. Huar Prownie coad agus curochd, Agus cha dian Prownie opar tullidh. Brownie has got a cowl and coat, And never more will work a jot. STEWART.