A TOUR ROUND NORTH WALES. 



places. In thefe they had their mounts 

 and hillocks, which they called Gorjedd- 

 an, from their fitting aloft upon them, 

 ' / / when they pronounced their decrees and 

 - fentences, and made their folemn ora- 

 * ,*> c/ /' < tions to the people; or their creeled 

 pillars, to which fome think they yielded 

 divine honors, as the memorials of their 

 deified heroes. 



They placed a very high my fiery in 

 the mifletoe* of the oak; for, when the 

 end of their year was near, they marched 

 in proceflion, with great folemnity, to 

 gather it, in order to prefent it to their 

 Deity; inviting all the world to aflift at 

 the ceremony, in thefe words : " The 

 " NEW YEAR it at band, gather the Mifle- 



* In fome parts of Wales, the mifletoe was called oil-jack, %, 

 all-heal; pren-aivyr, the celeftial tree; and uchdiuydd, the 

 lofty flirub. Bcfides this plant, the Druids ritually gathered 

 lycopcdwmjelagc, fir- leaved club-roofs ; and/amc/xs oalerandi, " 

 a round-leaved water pimpernel, both of which they applied 

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