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, 23, 211 MACRITCHIE, D. Cited, 74 MAC-TIERNS ('Sons of the Chief'). A name given to Brian and Alain, sons of Count Eudo, 29 MAGEEN. Mother of St Tivisiau, 338 MAGIC. _See_ Sorcery MAGIC ROSE, THE. The story of, 156-162 MAH[=A]BH[=A]RATA. A Hindu epic; mentioned, 52 MAISON DES FOLLETS. A name given to a megalithic structure at Cancoet, 49 MAMAU, Y. Welsh deities, 87 MAN OF HONOUR, THE. The story of, 147-155 MARAUD. A peasant; in the story of the Lost Daughter, 75-77 MARCH. The month; personified in the story of Princess Starbright, 128-129 MARGAWSE. Sister of King Arthur, wife of King Lot of Lothian, 357 MARGOTS LA FEE, LES. Fairies which inhabit large rocks and the moorlands, 88 MARGUERITE. A maiden, avenged by Du Guesclin, 33-35 MARIE DE FRANCE. A twelfth-century French poetess; acknowledged Breton sources for her work, 255, 283; the _Lais_ and _Fables_ of, 283-284; personal history, 283; stories from the _Lais_, 284-331; and the Lay of Laustic, 302; and the Lay of Eliduc, 305-306; and the Lay of the Dolorous Knight, 328, 330-331 MARK. King of Cornwall; in the story of Tristrem and Ysonde, 258-274 MARK. King of Vannes; and St Pol of Leon, 364 MAROT, CLAUDE TOUSSAINT. Count of La Garaye; the story of, 194-196 MARRIAGE. Costume of the bride in the Escoublac district, 374; the Pardon of Notre Dame de la Clarte made the occasion of betrothals, 378; wedding customs, 385-386 MARRIAGE-GIRDLE, THE. The ballad of, 234-236 MARSEILLES. The city; mentioned, 195 MATSYS, QUENTIN. A Flemish painter; the well of, at Antwerp, 205 MATTHEW. Seigneur of Beauvau; in the story of the Clerk of Rohan, 189-193 MAUNOIR. A Jesuit Father, 388 MAURON. A town in Brittany; battle at, 31 MAY, ISLE OF. An island in the Firth of Forth, 357 MAYENNE. Charles de Lorraine, Duke of; one of the leaders of the Catholic League, 229 MEGALITHS. The derivation and meaning of the terms 'menhir' and 'dolmen,' 37-38; nature and purpose of the monuments, 38-39; the menhir of Dol, and its legend, 39-41; the chapel-dolmen at Plouaret, 41; the megaliths at Camaret, 41; at Penmarch, 41; at Carnac, 42-45; the tumulus at Mont-Saint-Michel, 45; the dolmen at Rocenaud, 46; 'cup-and-ring
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