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Each of the specimens here shown (Figs. 138, 139) is one 

 of a pair found along with the pairs of bronze bits, examples of 

 which are given (p. 98, Fig. 45). These objects could not have 

 stood upright on the yoke or anything else, for the two arms 

 are neatly rounded off (see Fig. 138 B, where an end is shown 

 in detail) : again, the tail could not have been inserted into 

 a hole in the yoke or anything else, for in both the examples 



FIG. 138. Ancient Irish Rein-ring (all-dual) ? 



figured the end is ornamented, more especially in Fig. 138, 

 where, as will be seen (Fig. 138 A), ifc is beautifully ornamented 

 in the ' late Celtic ' style, as are also the ends of both arms, one 

 of which, as already stated, is shown in detail (Fig. 138fi). 



As this curious piece of metal work could not have stood up 

 on either end, and as neither end was meant to be inserted 

 into any other object, clearly these mysterious implements were 

 suspended with the tail hanging free, as is demonstrated by the 



