MR. HAWES ON IRELAND AND OTHER THINGS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 4816, 13 March 1918, Page 7

MR. HAWES ON IRELAND AND OTHER THINGS.

(To the Editor.) Sir, —In reading a newspaper I . came across a reference to the number 13 being the TLS,A. lucky number, and the question is asked : C’an wo wonder that President Wilson is a believer in the power of 13 P There were' 13 original States in the great American Republic, and these were represented in.the national llag by* 13 stripes. On the seal of the United States, 13 arrows and 13 stars appear. The dollar contains 13 stars, 13 letters form tile scroll, while on the other side of the coin the eagle has 13 tail feathers and 13 wing feathers, and there are 13 arrow heads, 13 horizontal lines, and 13 perpendicular lines. Finally there are 13 letters in the national motto : “E pluribus uiium” ; and may I Jjo permitted to add the United States of America is also the 13th trible, being the tribe of Manasseli. Now, Sir, as March 17th (St. Patrick’s Day) will soon bo upon us, perhaps you will not think it out of place for me to give a true explanation as to who and what was St. Patrick, and a slight reference to Ireland. Ireland’s first name meant island of the wanderers. Her second' name was Scotia-Major, and Scotland was named Scotia Minor. England was Tarshish. Hibernia is a Hebrew

word, and means from beyond the river of waters. Two colonies settled in Ireland, the first were the Phoenicians, who were the Philistines °r ancient Canaanites; the second settlers were the Guartha do Damans, meaning the tribe of Dan (the words are Hebrew yet in Irish). The Phoenicians were a seafaring people, who, being pressed bv Israel, Egypt and Assyria, finally loft Canaan and settled in Ireland. We find ninetenths of Irish historians agreeing on this. Then the monuments teach the same ancient inscriptions, one of which was written, “We are 'Canaanites who have fled from Joshua, the son of Nun the Robber.” The Irish language came from the Phoenician, the alphabet of both being composed of sixteen letters originally—the only alphabet in the world so agreeing. Prom the Irish came the Gaelic, Cornish, Welsh, and the Manx from them all. The second settlement of Ireland was by the tribe of Dan, who were Divine folk, and a seafaring tribe. Trading from Tyre to Tarsbisli for tin, they became acquainted with the British Isles, and during Ahab’s persecution many of them fled. The same is said of the Simeonites, who settled in Wales. About the year 580' B.C. there appeared in Ireland a strange man whom the historians call Ollam-Folla, which means a Divine teacher. This man, whoever he was, soon wielded great power in their midst. What he commanded thev seemed ready to do. He very soon inaugurated wonderful reforms. He gave them a parliament, made them give up their idolatrous customs. He founded a college to train students to teach and preach his religion. It was called A! ur-Ollam—/School of the Divine. (Here again the name Hebrew, although in Irish). This wonderful man had with him a fair young princess whose name in Hebrew-Irish was , Tea Tophi, which means “The Beau- i tiful one from the East.” This love- I lv princess was married to the Governor of Ulster, who resided in the city of Lotliair Croflin. In the agreement of the marriage, amongst other things lie was to accept her religion, give her just authority, and build e thc Mur-Ollam or college and sustain it ; also to change the name of the citv from Lotliair Croflin to Tara (which means law), to adopt her standard or banner emblem (the harp and lion), and to be crowned on the wonderful stone called in Jrish-Hebrew Lia-fail (which means Stone of Destiny), sometimes called Ebon Gedoulah, the precious stone. From this Tea Tophi we get our female goddess of liberty, who on old coins is seated upon a lion with a David inti harp in her hand. Now. this Divine man was no less a person than Jeremiah the Prophet. He, too, is the real St. Patrick, simply the patriarchal saint who became St. Patriarch, then St. Patrick. The Roman Church introduced St. Patrick to off-set the St. Patriarch. When Nebuchadnezzar took the Jews captive Jeremiah escaped and .took with him the daughter of King Zedikiah, together with the Ark of the Covenant, Tables of the Law and the Stone Wonderful, which is the same stone upon which Jacob laid his head in the wilderness, and which at the present time is in Westminster Abbey.- At Tara, Jeremiah, or St. Patriarch, buried the Ark of the Covenant and Tables of the Law, and other tilings which lie had brought with him; and he instituted the nine-arch degree of Masonry to keep in mind the hiding place. ' From the throne of Ton Tophi and Herraon has descended King George the Fifth. Upon that same coronation stone which is now in Westminster Abbey, all the kings and queens that have reigned over Ireland, Scotland and England from Tea Teplii clown to King George have been crowned. The Royal Standard of England has nine lions upon it and a unicorn. If we set this standard before us as a map the right-hand will represent east, the top north, the left-hand west, and the bottom south. The unicorn came from the east, and it lias a chain round its neck. The big lion comes from the west. On the top we have a crown, and on the top of this wc have a lion. On the first quarter there are three lions, on the second quarter one, on the third quarter a strmged harp with an angel’s head, and on the fourth three lions. r I lie total of lions is nine and a unicorn, but as it would occupy too much space to enter upon the meaning of these emblems) I must defer same for some future occasion. I m , etc., HAAVES,