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killed by the Saxons in the year 876. The Annals of Ulster 
record this event at the year 877. 
«‘ From what has been said we may safely conclude that 
the MS. was written in Ireland towards the close of the ninth 
century; and the style of the writing as compared with that 
of the Book of Armagh, written in the beginning of the same 
century, fully confirms this inference. 
«¢ Having now established the date of the Oghams, let us 
proceed to describe them. 
** They are as follows :— 
«T, Page 50, marg. inf.— FERIA Cal HODIE.—This marked 
the 4th of October, which, as we learn from the Martyrology 
‘of Marianus Gormanus, was kept in the Irish as well as in 
other Churches, as the anniversary of the Caius, or Gaius, and 
Crispus, mentioned 1 Cor. i. 14. 
“JI. Page 70, marg. sup.—Fel MARTAIN—1. e. the Fes- 
tival of St. Martin of Tours, kept on the 11th of November. 
St. Martin, as the supposed uncle of St. Patrick, was specially 
honoured in Ireland. Churches were dedicated to him, and 
the name is preserved in those of parishes and townlands to 
this day. 
«JIT. Page 170, marg. sup.—minchasc—i. e. Pascha 
minor, Or Low Sunday. ‘The word is still in vernacular use. 
This Ogham has been slightly mutilated in the binding of the 
MS., but enough remains to make the reading certain. 
“IV. V. VI. Pages 193, 194, 195, marg. sup.—CO9GRT 
—i.e. Corrige. The word is not to be found in the diction- 
aries; but there can be no doubt as to its meaning. We have 
at p. 90, ol apcogapti as a gloss on the Latin guod sit emen- 
dandum. ' 
“VII. Page 195, marg. sup.— ASCOHGRT INSO.—i. e. Hoe 
est corrigendum. Compare the gloss just referred to: also, m1 
aeopapchi mpo (gl. minime hoc est adhibendum) ; also a gloss in 
the Wurtzburgh MS. of St. Paul’s Epistles, cio apoéna ppt 
 pincna (gl.quid ergo fratres ? i.e. quid faciendum in hoc ergo). 
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