158.
[147] _Magi_ .-- Magi is always used in Latin as the equivalent for the Irish word which signifies druid.

See the _Vitae S.Columbae_, p.

73; see also Reeves' note to this word.
[148] _Worship_ .-- In the Chronicle of Richard of Cirencester, ch.

4, certain Roman deities are mentioned as worshipped by the British druids; but it is probable the account is merely borrowed from Caesar's description of the Gauls.
[149] _Ceremonies_ .-- Bohn's edition, p.

431.
[150] _Wren_ .-- In Scotland the wren is an object of reverence: hence the rhyme-- "Malisons, malisons, more than ten, That harry the Ladye of Heaven's hen." But it is probable the idea and the verse were originally imported from France, where the bird is treated with special respect.