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equal antiquity, and that it mobt probably goes back to pre-Eoman 

 times. In this respect it is interesting to call attention to the term 

 " colgado'^ employed by Kinsey at p. 235 of his work already cited, 

 as applied to the long pole or sta:ff on which articles were being 

 carried by the bearer. It may possibly be the slightly altered form 

 of the Celtic words cuaille-gath or "spear-handle"; and if this be 

 accepted, it would so far furnish another argument in favour of 

 the antiquity of the "ox-goad" and of the "straw cloak" in 

 question. 



