Sanas Chormaic: Cormac's Glossary
Whitley Stokes (ed.), trans. John O'Donovan. . Calcutta: Irish Archaeological and Celtic Society, 1868. Composed c. 900. In Old Irish, in English translation.
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The glossary attributed to Cormac mac Cuilennáin, king-bishop of Cashel, who died in 908. Source of the Beltaine entry on the two fires and the driving of cattle, and of the derivation of oimelc from ewe-milk. Superseded as an edition but freely available and usable. Printed by O. T. Cutter.
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- Beltane
- The Beltaine entry: a lucky fire made by druids with great incantations, between two of which cattle were driven each year against disease.
- Imbolc
- The tenth-century glossary that gives the form oimelc and derives it from ewe-milk.