260 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



walk across the hill of Teruair — for, as we have seen, he was already on the 

 spot — to test the properties of Lecht in Abaic to his heart's content. 



The clue to the marvel lies in the words 7 Two stones 



arranged as in the diagram here subjoined might be described loosely as 

 "lying south-east and south-v. a man standing at the point where if 



produced they « Aim if A sures 3 feet and B to D 



me. . all the conditio). Look back now at PD, and 



it will l>e seen that the properties of the tomb are recorded without any 



_ - marvel at all ; he 



merely - _:i but intelligibly, that the dimensions of the 



tomb are different <m the different sides. 



;b 



Bui 'ii this 1 irvation, if we may dignify it 



by - niisiiin which is perbaps hardly to lie 



won 1 upon it. understanding ii t" 



mean th . the habit of shifting their relative positii 



•■ infant meaningless babblings were 



first taken f'>r an inn : the divine name', and then • gg ted into 



month t<> mouth, till they 



. he marvels of Ireland, bo we find tin- 



ilw of Temair. The 



. ■ 

 Fal : T: I eithei 



miniscenl ke the infant /• - grew 



p-]H.rt of an actual 

 tremely • - maturity .- 



among 

 t, would 

 fin. ■ ns and \ 



- 201. 



••■♦ted cas. Hale) of Willingham, 



Cambridgeshire, wh" died in 17 ■" and eleven months, but 



with all th> Societi 1 74.".. 



reprint ai 1819, 



p. :'.l"tr (. If vi . dually happened in the cage of 



this abortion similar to the wihi ..nee at i).- oi the tale of Manns Og 

 (Campbell's H" 



