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DAN an DEIRG.
Chàirich finn fan tulaich an laoch,
* Le gath is cuibhne na chaol-tigh.
B' aill le Min'onn luidh fa fhoid,
Ach phill i gu bronach dhachaidh.
Bu trom a tuirfe 's bu chian ;]
Ach fruth bhlianuidh ghlan uaip e :
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'S thi
* al. Le gaothar ea-trom gu fiadhach ceo. It was
cuftomary to place fome implements of the chace and war in
the tomb, together with the bodies of the deceafed ; both to
denote the occupation they had in this world, and with a view
to avail themfelyes of their fervice in the next. Hence pieces
of fpears, arrow-heads, and the bones of animals are frequent-
ly found in barrows and other ancient repofitories of the dead,
(See Stukely's Stonehenge.) The fame practice and be-
lief prevailed anciently amotag other nations. The tomb of
Elpenor, who was a failor, was furnifhed by Ulyfles with an
oar, (Odyff. xiii. II.) and that of Mifenus, who was a war-
rior, a failor, and a trumpeter, was furnifhed by ./Eneas with
implements fuited to thefe various occupations ;
At pius iEneas ingenti mole fepulchrum
Imponit, fuaque anna viro, remumque, tubamquc,
Monte fub aerio. JEneid vi. 132.
" And they fhall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of
the uncircumcifed, who are gone down to Hades with their
weapons of war ; and they have laid their fwords under their
heads." Ezek. xxxii. 27