Note 975 — Chapter X · LEARNING AND LANGUAGE. (continued 2)

‘Bir against fochainne.’ There is apparently a play on words here. Fochainne is the Irish name of the river now called the Faughan, which rises somewhat to the N.-W. of the Moyola, and flows into Lough Foyle. The expression might also signify ‘Bir against “diseases”’ (fochainne; lit. ‘causes’).