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The Dean of Lismore's Book

Note 58 — THE BOOK OF THE DEAN OF LISMORE.

Thomas Maclauchlan translation

The Celts always count by twenties up to 400. When a Highlander speaks of 340 or 360 of anything, he uniformly says seventeen score or eighteen score. The numbers given here are an instance of the poetic license.

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