[1] Scotorum cumulos flevit glacialis _Ierne_. CLAUDIAN. _Tory_.--A robber, an outlaw, literally, _one hunted_--a name originally given to the outlawed Irish chiefs of Ulster, in the reign of James I., who after the seizure of their lands, had a price set upon their heads, and were _hunted_ by the soldiery like wild beasts; hence the name of _Tories_, meaning the _hunted_ people, for _Toriacht_ in Irish signifies a pursuit or hunting, and _Torihe_, hunted. In the reign of Charles II. it began to be used to designate a party in the state favourable to absolute monarchy; many of these "Tories" having followed the fortunes of that prince in exile, returned with him, and being his most devoted partisans when reseated on his throne. _Admiral_.--This word, which appears to have sadly puzzled the etymologists, having been derived from the Phoenician, the Coptic, and half a dozen languages besides, is pure Celtic, but little altered too, in its transit from one language to another. _Ard_, high or chief, _Muir_, the sea, and _Fear_, (in composition pronounced _ar_) a man, so that _Ardmurar_, or _Admiral_, signifies literally the _Chief Seaman_. There is nothing of torture in this derivation, as may be seen by referring to any Irish dictionary, and it is a curious fact, that the Irish seamen in the navy very generally call the Admiral "_the Ardmurar_." In Irish it is frequently written in two words, thus--_Ard muirfhear_. _Beltin day_.--The first of May is so called in many places in the North of England. It was a custom in the days of Druidism to light large fires on the tops of hills on the evening of the first of May, in honour of _Bel_ or the Sun, and hence that day is still called in Irish, _La Bheltine_, or the day of Bel's fire, from _La_, a day, _Bel_, the god Bel, and _teine_, fire. The same ceremony was practised in Britain, being a Druidical rite, and the name (_Beltin day_) remains, although the custom from which it originated, has in England, at least, been long forgotten.