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Leaʹba na Feine [Beds of the Feïne]

The name of several large piles of stones in Ireland. The ancient Irish warriors were called Feʹ-i-ne, which some mistake for Phœni (Carthaginians), but which means hunters.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.