Note 420 — Chapter VI · VILLAGE FESTIVALS
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Simpson, passim; cf. F. L. vi. 168; xi. 220. Deasil is from Gaelic deas, ‘right,’ ‘south.’ Mediaeval ecclesiastical processions went ‘contra solis cursum et morem ecclesiasticum’ only in seasons of woe or sadness (Rock, iii. 2. 182).