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Vindication of the Celtic Character; Or, the Scotchman as He Was and as He Should Be, Letters
Vindication of the Celtic Character Or the Scotchman as He Was and as He Should Be Letters Author:William Livingston General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1850 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: X. Durstu signifies Heart nf oak. Josina -- I cannot define it with certainty- Evenus or Edna Hard or ripe yew -- strong bow. Ederu -- Middle-man -- intercessor. Mettcllan -- Cunning artificer -- Politician. Gili. us. -- Professor of Herbs -- Botanist. It is well known that every letter of the Beith Luis Nion, or Celtic Alphabet, represents a certain tree ; because the Druids, who were the wise men of ancient times, and who lived in the woods, thought that they acted conformably with nature, in giving to their characters such names as might be retained in order to impress their disciples with the ideas they wished to inspire. Beith Luis Nion, oa Celtic Alphabet. Oort. Ivy. Peth-boc Not explained. Ailna. Fir-tree. On, or Oir. Broom. Ur, Heath er. Eaghadh. Aspen. Quak- ing Ash. lodha. Yew. Ruis. Elder. You will observe that " Duir," the seventh letter in this catalogue, represents the oak, hence it is very easy to conceive that " Durstu," signifies the essence of oak. "It is a very striking circumstance," says an early historian, " that the ancient Scots generally lived to a very great age -- 140 and 150, and many instances of some of them having lived to 160 years." Those who would pro- pogate the blind error that the ancient Scots were savages, are stupid savages themselves. Julius Csesar, who was one of the highest scholars of the age in which he lived, assures us that the learning of the Druids was so profound, that he conceived that Druidism had its origin in Britain. There is not the slightest trace connected with the history of the Druids from which we may conclude that t...« less