186 LEOPARD— MARE 



LEOPARD. — Liobart, liocard, liopard ; oim-chu, orm-chre (Ir.). 

 Labarde, lebard, leopart, libart, libbard, libbert; Pardal 

 (Topsell). 



Little is known or said of this animal from a Celtic point of 

 view ; a cerUiin king of Connaught, Ireland, bore the device on 

 his standard, the bearer being called " Fear iomchair na h-onchoin," 

 the bearer of the leopard ensign or standard. 



LEVERET (see also Haiie). — Breog; Cuilean-maighiche ; 

 Gearrog, gearrag ; Maigheach og ; Pait, paiteag, patan, put, putan. 

 From " Lepus," Latin for hare. 



LEVIATHAN (see Whale and Monster). 



LION. — Leomhann, leobhann. 



The lion is the general badge of the Celt, four appearing in 

 the arms of Macdonald of Isla, according to Martin, while we 

 may remind our readers that the lion was the emblem or coat-of- 

 arms of Judah, and the lioness Gad's, while that of Hercules was 

 a lion rampant holding a battle-axe, but the antiquity of this latter 

 we do not vouch. A lion's den is " fochla," so termed, it is said, 

 from being the abode of the king of beasts or animals. 



Aithnichear an leomhann air sgriob de ionga. 



The lion is known by a scratch of his claw. 

 Is fhearr cu beo na leomhann marbh. 



Better a living dog than a dead lion (Eccles. ix. 4). 

 Mar leomhann colgach is dual d'an Mhairt tighinn. 



As a furious lion it behoves March to come (in). 

 Tha h-uile fear 'n a leomhann air a chuid fhein. 



Every man is a lion over what's his own. 



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MARE (see also Horse). — Alaire ; Baineach ; Caball, cabull, 

 cailleasg, capall, capull, cleobag, clibeag, cliobag; Falaire; Lair, 

 lar ; Saoi, saoidh. 



Cabal ; Hesta, hocknie (Shet.) ; Meer (North), mer, mere 

 (A. S.), myre ; Yad, yade, yaud. 



The word "mare" is said to be from " marc," horse. 



Cameron, in his Gaelic names for- plants, etc., says bog-bean, 

 buck-bean, marsh trefoil signify in Gaelic " ponair chapuU," mare's 

 bean, also "pacharan chapull," the mare's pack or wallet; the 

 vetch in Gaelic is " peasair chapull," mares' peas. A belief is 

 said to exist that a mare tethered and kept sometime from water 

 will discover same by pawing above spot, if there at all. As a 



