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- ↑ Zimmer in George Calder's, Auraicept na n-éces, The Scholars Primer, being the texts of the ogham tract from the Book of Ballymote and the Yellow Book of Lecan, and the text of the Trefhocul from the Book of Leinster, ..., John Grant, Edinburgh 1917 (1995 repr.)
- ↑ Etudes germaniques: La Civilization chrétienne chez les Francs De Frédéric Ozanam
- ↑ according to the Lebor Gabála Erenn, Fenius Farsaidh was king of the Scythians, and Ninus his Great King
