Chapter II

, "Menhirs and Dolmens." Students of folk-lore will recognize the symbolic significance of the offering. We seem to have here some connexion with pillar-worship, as found in ancient Crete, and the adoration of the Irminsul among the ancient Saxons.

[3] Charles the Bald.

[4] For the Breton original and the French translation from which the above is adapted see Villemarqué, _Barzaz-Breiz_, p. 112.

[5] 'Sons of the Chief.' MacTier is a fairly common name in Scotland to-day.

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