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The Kelt or Gael. 29
The Oghamic writing, which so far appears to
have been peculiar to Ireland and Wales, is more
like musical notation than literary symbol, but its
existence must not be forgotten when speaking of
alphabets. All that is known about the name is
that the Greeks say the Keltoi worshipped a deity
called Ogmios. Zeuss in his preface says that it
was " in usu in hoc vetusto codice, quidni etiam
inde a longinquis temi^oribus." There is a
treatise on Oghamic writing in a manuscript
called the Book of Ballymote, in the Royal Irish
Academy, which should be published without
further delay.