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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Giants’ Dance (The).
 
Stonehenge, which Geoffrey of Monmouth says was removed from Killaraus, a mountain in Ireland, by the magical skill of Merlin.   1
        “If you [Aurelius] are desirous to honour the burying-place of these men [who routed Hengist] with an everlasting monument, send for the Giants’ Dance, which is in Killaraus, a mountain in Ireland.”—Geoffrey of Monmouth: British History, book viii. chap. 10.
 


 Giant’s Causeway,Giant’s Leap (The). 

 
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