ogam
Americannoun
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His grave is dug then and his stone planted; his name is written in ogam; his lament is celebrated.
From The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Tain Bo Cualnge) : An Old Irish Prose-Epic by Faraday, L. Winifred
This he accomplished by means of four wands of yew inscribed with ogam characters.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various
They give the withe into the hands of Fergus Mac Roich; he read the ogam that was on it.
From The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Tain Bo Cualnge) : An Old Irish Prose-Epic by Faraday, L. Winifred
The ogam inscription would also be of Druidic composition, and as no sacrifice was complete without the intervention of Druids, they must also have assisted at the lavish sacrifices which occurred at Celtic funerals.
From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by MacCulloch, J. A.
Cuchulainn cut an oak before them there, and wrote an ogam in its side.
From The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge (Tain Bo Cualnge) : An Old Irish Prose-Epic by Faraday, L. Winifred
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