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After The Advent of Norsement

Above: Illustrating picture about the Norsemen After the advent of the Norsemen and largely as the result thereof, respect for the sanctity of the marriage bond waned somewhat, but to a degree scarcely perceptible by comparison with the conditions among continental peoples. Prominent instances met with in the native annals are those of Gormflaith daughter of [...]

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Druidical Rite: Dlaoi Fulla

  Above: Illustrating picture of Ancient Druid Another well known druidical rite was the Dlaoi  Fulla,   a  charmed  handful  of straw,  hay  or gray. When thrown into a person’s face it produced dispatch, all the  victim  ran,  jumped,  fluttered  and  behaved generally like a lunatic.    We find it referred to as practised six hundred years [...]

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