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416 than once in the Ashburnham manuscript just alluded to, in the sense of betrothing one's daughter, or giving her away by solemn contract to a husband; and lastly, a participial form nassa occurs of a girl who has been promised or betrothed to a husband. These facts, and the curious allusion to Lug's wedding the kingdom, go to prove that the term Lug-nassad originally meant Lug's wedding or marriage, and that this was one of the chief things the festivities on that day were meant to call to mind.

We have traces of this idea in a strange story to which allusion has already been made (p. 205). Conn the Hundred-fighter and his druid were one day