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According to Gaelic legends compiled in the eleventh-century Lebor Gabála Érenn (" The Book of the Taking of Ireland ", also called " The Book of Conquests " or " The Book of Invasions "), King Breogán constructed in Brigantium ( an ancient Celtic town, whose location is nowadays unknown, but maybe Betanzos or A Coruña ) a massive tower of such great height that his sons Ith and Bile could see a distant green shore from its top.
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According to the Austin Hockey Association, the word puck is derived from the Scottish Gaelic word " puc " or the Irish word " poc ," meaning to poke, punch or deliver a blow.
According to John of Fordun, whose account is the original source of part at least of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, Malcolm's mother was a niece of Siward, Earl of Northumbria, but an earlier king-list gives her the Gaelic name Suthen.
According to tradition, local kings of this period lived at both Traprain Law and Din Eidyn ( Edinburgh, still known as Dùn Éideann in Scottish Gaelic ), and probably also at Din Baer ( Dunbar ).
According to the 11th c. Lebor Gabála Érenn ( The Book of the Taking of Ireland ), the 14th c. Auraicept na n-Éces and other Irish folklore, the Irish originated in Scythia and were descendants of Fénius Farsaid, a Scythian prince who created the Ogham alphabet and who was one of the principal architects of the Gaelic language.
According to George Fraser Black, in southern Argyllshire the surname is an Anglicised form of the surnames MacLucas, MacLugash ( which are derived from the Gaelic Mac Lùcais ).
According to Gaelic football historian Jack Mahon, caid has begun to give way to a " rough-and-tumble game " which even allows tripping.
According to the law of primogeniture ( although not a Gaelic custom in origin ) the younger Liam is the senior surviving male member of the family, however the elder Barry believed he himself was this at the time he applied for recognition.
According to the great 19th century Gaelic scholar John O ' Donovan, the castle was built by Éamonn Ó hEidhin or Eoghann Mantach Ó hEidhin in the early 16th century.
According to the 11th c. Lebor Gabála Érenn, the 14th c. Auraicept na n-Éces, and other Medieval Irish folklore, ogham was first invented soon after the fall of the Tower of Babel, along with the Gaelic language, by the legendary Scythian king, Fenius Farsa.
According to William J. Watson, Skibo is the anglicisation of Scottish Gaelic Sgìobal, which in turn comes from an Old Norse name meaning either firewood-steading or Skithi's steading.
According to the 1846 A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland, " This parish, formerly called Skirdustan, signifying, in the Gaelic tongue, ' the division of Dustan ,' its tutelary saint, derived its present name from its situation at the mouth of a noisy burn, which discharges itself into the river Spey.
:" According to the Faereyinga Saga ... the first settler in the Faroe Islands was a man named Grímur Kamban-Hann bygdi fyrstr Færeyar, it may have been the land taking of Grímur and his followers that cauysed the anchorites to leave ... the nickname Kamban is probably Gaelic and one interpretation is that the word refers to some physical handicap, another that it may point to his prowess as a sportsman.
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According to Paul L. Younger of Newcastle University, the etymology of the name is probably Gaelic.
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According to native oral legends Fijians were also descendants of a nomadic tribe from Tanganika ( Tanzania ).
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According to the Swedish naturalist and author Bengt Sjögren ( 1980 ), present day beliefs in lake monsters such as the Loch Ness Monster are associated with the old legends of kelpies.
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According to his legends, Vajk was baptized a Christian by Saint Adalbert of Prague.
According to various legends, the tusks are formed either by the trails of mucus from the weeping girl or her long braids.
According to some legends, having regained control of her son, Drahomíra set out to convert him to the old pagan religion.
According to other legends, she was a Christian herself ; however, very little is known about her rule.
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According to the Polish version of legends: three brothers Lech, Czech and Rus were exploring the wilderness to find a place to settle.
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According to later legends ( c. 400 BC ), on account of his inflexible integrity he was made one of the judges of the dead in the lower world, together with Aeacus and Minos.
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According to legends, when Sita's swaymvar was introduced Ravana also had gone and he came before Lord Rama but some of the officials and on Sita's instructions they told him that his sister was being kidnapped. On hearing this Ravana immediately departed from the swaymavar and arrived at his castle only to found that her sister was well and sound.
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