féill

-e, -ean & -tean, sf Feast, festival. 2 Fair, market. 3 Holiday. 4** Vigil of a festival. 5** Banquet whereat the chief presided, 6** Company at such a banquet. Féill an roid, or féill-roid, the autumnal equinox, rood-day; làithean féill, holidays. Also days of folly; cùm an fhéill air an latha, keep the festival on the right day — very seasonable advice at the present time, when owing to the completion of the 19th. century there is now an additional day between the Old and New Styles, (New Year's Day Old Style now being Jan 14th). and in some parts of Gaeldom the dates of festivals being still kept according to 19th. century Old Style reckoning, there are three styles in use at present! “Cùm an fhéill air an latha,” also signifies pay or keep the engagement on the stipulated day. [féill does not aspirate a proper noun following in Scotland, although it does in Ireland]. Féill-Brìde, February —Arran; Féill-Bealltainn, May — Arran; eadar Nollaig 's Féill-Roid, eadar Féill-Roid 's Féill-Briain, = all the year round.

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