WHITE CATTLE: AN INQUIRY INTO THEIR ORIGIN, ETC. 435 
“ Cormac’s ‘Guossary.’ Whitley Stokes (edition 1868, p. 72).— 
‘As Fachtna son of Sencha said’ . . . ‘I have a right to 
three dirnas of silver in addition for three white cows, for each 
shapely cow between the scales of Lugba beautiful to the eye, 
profitable. This, then, was the appearance of the cows of Echaid 
Echbél from Scotland, which Curui captured (from the Ulstermen), 
2.¢., white cows, with red ears.’ 
** Another edition of the Glossary adds—‘ these cows, then, of 
Echaid Echbel used to come to graze from Ard Echdai Echbeil 
from Scotland into the province of Dalriada, and they used to be 
in Seimne Ulad. Curoi, however, carried them off by force from 
the Ulstermen.’ 
“<THE Evutocy or Saint Cotumsa.’ Whitley Stokes (see 
Revue Celtique, vol. xx., p. 251).—‘Three white cows,’ as Fachtna 
of the just judgments uttered this decree, saying ‘I award three 
dirnas of silver, between Lugba’s scales, for them, for three white 
cows, with the same form as the erca (of Iuchna Echbel), beautiful 
to the eye, a profitable contract.’ 
“That is, Fachtna adjudged three divnas of silver for three 
white red-eared Cows in the likeness of the three cows of Iuchna 
Horsemouth (these famous cows were captured by Cu-roi), because 
erc means ‘ cow,’ and ferb ‘ cow,’ and lannoir ‘ cow,’ ut dicitur. 
“Tuchna’s cows (erca), savage the kine, in destroying them 
Luar fell ; coming out from his house the grave of Loeguire the 
Victorious was found. 
“¢ Revue Cettique,’ Vol. I., p. 261.—‘ Then a Bull-feast is 
made by them there, so that they might know thereout unto 
whom they should give (the) kingdom. 
“ «Thus used that Bull-feast to be made, to wit, a white bull to 
kill and one man to eat his fulness of his (the bull’s) flesh and of 
his broth, and sleep to him under that fulness, and or (?) of truth 
to say over him by four druids, and by him in vision used to be 
seen the kind of man who should be made king there, from his 
shape and from his description, and the kind of work he was 
doing. 
“««The man awoke from his sleep and makes known his dream 
to the kings. To wit, a young champion, noble, strong, with two 
red girdles over him, and he above (the) pillow of a man in sick- 
ness in Emain Macha.’ J0., p. 46. 
