In Lorn, and the districts to the south of it, along by Lochfyneside, the term is called _Feill Breunain_. St. Brendan the Elder, from whom the name is derived, was abbot of Clonfest in Ireland A.D. 578. His day is May 16-28. Kilbrandon parish (in Gaelic _Sgìreachd a Chuain_, the parish of the ocean) in the west of Argyllshire, derives its name from him, and there is a farm in the island of Mull of the same name. History records that the saint with 14 companions once made a voyage in search of Paradise, and in stormy weather, when the sea is rough and the sky inclement, and the earth is hid with driving showers [it excites a smile], that he came north in the hope of finding it. There are days indeed in summer in the Hebrides, when a glory covers the sea and sky and the hills “that encircle the sea,” when he might think that he was on the way.[70] In Sutherlandshire, people reckon by the _Feill Chelzie_, a market held on Tuesday of the term, deriving its name from a wool manufactory, now discontinued, called _New Kelso_, near Loch Carron. The names _Caingis_, Whitsuntide, and Pentecost, are modifications of one and the same word. Pentecost became _pencas_ in Cornish, in Gaelic (which represents _p_ of the Welsh dialects by _c_) _caingis_ (Kinkis), as _pascha_ became W. _pâsk_, Gael. _Càisg_ (Kasg). The Gaelic _c_ or _k_ sound is represented in the Saxon tongue by _wh_. Thus we have _cuibhle_ (cuile), wheel; _cuip_, whip; _ciod_, what?; _cuilein_, whelp; _co_, who?; _cuist_, wheesht! be quiet!; _caoin_, whine; etc. So _cencas_ has become _Whitsun_. The feast has no name in the languages of Western Europe, but such as are derivations of the Greek word. The English name has been thought to be an exception, and to be, therefore, of modern origin. From the light thrown upon it by the Celtic languages, we infer that it is of the same origin as the rest. _Caingis_ is reckoned to be “at the end of a fortnight of summer.” _Feill-Sheathain_, ST. JOHN’S OR MID-SUMMER’S EVE, 24TH JUNE-6TH JULY. On this day, the cuckoo was said to enter its winter house (_theid a chuthag na tigh geamhraidh_). It is not natural for its song to be heard after this. The bird may be seen, but it is not heard. It is, like the landrail, stonechat, or other birds that disappear in winter, one of the seven sleepers, who were believed to pass the winter underground. _Seathan_, Swithin, is the old form of the name John, the common form being _Iain_, _Eòin_, and in Islay _Eathin_. It still survives in the name of the Clan Maclean, Mac-ill’-sheathain, also written MacGhilleòin. A former minister of Kilmore in Mull is still remembered as _Maighsthir Seathain_, and an exceedingly plaintive song, composed to her husband, who had been betrayed and executed for piracy, by his widow, begins “Swithin is to-night a dead one.” “Tha Seathan nochd na mharbhan,” the names being those now denoted by John. _Mios crochadh nan Con_, DOG-DAYS. (Lit. month for hanging dogs.)