254 THE FOGOU AT HALLIGEY, TREIiOWAEBKN . 



much, resembling, in sound, Halligey. But although ge, as an 

 enclosure, might thus stand for the fruitful field visited by the 

 sun's rays, another word of wider sense was in use in Cornwall 

 to describe the earth at large, or the world as compared with the 

 sun. 



This was derived from the Latin terra, and assumed the 

 forms following : — Tyr, tir, doer, doar, dor, noar, nor, oar. 



It appears in many familiar phrases, e.g. in these : — 



Earth and Sea, — Tyr ha m6r. 



On Earth, — Yn tyr (or, yn n6r). 



Heaven and the Earth — " I^ev han noar (for Nev hag an nor). 

 According to this, "The Sun and the Earth" instead of being' 

 written Heul'a'ge would appear as Heul'a'nor ; and so the like- 

 ness to Halligey vanishes. 



But Sir Eichard might have found somethicg like a curious 

 coincidence with respect to his idea of local sun-worship had he 

 perceived that the neighbouring place Chybilly, scarcely a quar- 

 ter of a mile away, might with equal facility have been 

 translated " House of Bel, or Baal ;" for the late Dr. Bannister's 

 " Grlossary " contains one conjecture making it " House (chy), of 

 Beli." This, however, is probably not the true derivation and 

 it is not likely that either name was in any way connected with 

 Helios, Heul, Baal, or Bel (the Sun). 



We shall find, I think, that dedications connected with natural 

 religion and mythology, must give place to some more simple 

 explanation. 



In various parts of Cornwall we meet either with the name 

 Halligey, or with some similar name formed by a slight variation 

 of its component parts. Thus we have Halligey, Haligey, or 

 Hallegey in the parishes of Mawgan and St, Martin. Heligan or 

 Hellagon, in St. Ewe, Crowan, and St. Mabyn. Penhaligon, 

 Penhellick, &c., in other localities. 



These names seem to have originated in one or more of the 

 following Celtic terms, the meanings of which are well known : 

 — hal, hel, halig, hebg, hag (ha, a), yn (y), agy (a-chy), 

 ke (ge), pen, goon (gun). 



A few of these fall naturally into their proper places, as Pen 

 (head) and goon (a down) ; but there is a difficulty in selecting 



