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taghairm
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(noun) A mode of divination formerly practised among the Scottish Highlanders.

'Taghairm' is Gaelic in origin and means 'an echo, a mode of divination.'

 

Example:
"Or I might go by taghairm. This is an ancient Scottish ritual in which a person is put into the hide of a newly-slain ox and left in a lonely waterfall. It should be said that the person is normally still alive and the point of the exercise is to commune withRead More...