The Scottish Celtic review

—the Celtic ami Tculmiic LanyiuKjcs. 21796. Se'&nd Goth, saihs, Eng. aix.Se (six) for ses = *sveks is cognate with Lat. sex, Gr. e^ fora-Fei, Skr. s/((Wi, Goth, saihs, O.H.G. w/is, N.H.G. sec/is, A.S. syx,six, Eng. six.97. Seileach and sallow.Seileach (willow, sallow) = 0. Gael, sail, suileach, connectedwith Lat. salix (stem salk), Gr. eA/zo; (willow), O.H.G. sniaha(willow), A.S. sealh, Eng. sallow (willow). Root sar (to flow).98. Slachd and slay.Slachd (smite, strike, beat with a mallet) = slacht, O. Gael.slechtaim (I smite, strike, beat), is connected with Goth, slauhts(slaughter), from slahan (to strike, beat, hit), slahs (stroke, stripe),O.H.G. slahan, N.H.G. schlagen, Ice. sld (to smite), sldtv (butcher'smeat) 0. Sax. slahan (to slay), A.S. sleun (to slay), sleht andgesleht (slaughter), 0. Eng. slean (to slay), slaht and slahter, Eng.slay and slaughter. The root is slah = slelc (to smite), to whichbelongs the ancient reduplicated preterite roselach, roselaig, forroseslach, ro-seslaig (Stokes).{To he continued.)COIR'-A'-CHEATHAICH ;OR, THE CORRIE OF THE MIST.By Duncan Ban M'Intyre, the Glenorchy Bard.(The air to which this song is usually sung was published in our first number.)'S e Coir'-a'-cheathaich nan aighean siublilacliAn coire riinach a's urav fonn,Gu lurach, miad-fheurach, niin-gheal, siigbar,Gach lusan fluar 'ba chiibhraigh learn ;Gu molacL, dubhghorm, toinacb, luisreagacb,Con-acb, pluii-eanach, dlu-gblan, grinn ;Caoin, ballach, ditheanacb, canach, niisleanachGleann a' mbilltich '.s an lionmbov mang.Tba falluinn dbuiiite gu daingean, diibailt',A mhaireas iiiue mu'n i-uisg i lom,De'n fheur a's ciiilfbinne 'db'fbas 'na iirach,'S a bhin- air liibadh le driucbdaibh trom',Mu cboire guanach nan torran uaine,'Sabh-'eil luibh is kiachair a suas gu 'cheann ;