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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Gaels

A contraction of Gaid-heals (hidden rovers). The inhabitants of Scotland who maintained their ground in the Highlands against the Celts.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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