code, while McManus saw them as simply being a useful way of making lists for classification purposes. The following are some examples: Enogam/Bird-ogam : besan ‘pheasant’, lachu ‘duck’, faelinn ‘gull’, seg ‘hawk’, naescu ‘snipe’, hadaig ‘night raven’?, droen ‘wren’, truith ‘starling’, querc ‘hen’, mintan ‘titmouse’, géis ‘swan’, ngéigh ‘goose’, stmólach ‘thrush’, rócnat ‘small rook’, aidhircleog ‘lapwing’, odoroscrach ‘scrat’?, uiseog ‘lark’, ela ‘swan’, illait ‘eaglet’”. Dathogam/Colour-ogam: bán 'white', liath 'grey', flann 'red', sodath 'fine-coloured', necht 'clear', huath 'terrible', dub 'black', temen 'dark grey', cron 'brown', quiar 'mouse-coloured', mbracht 'variegated', gorm 'blue', nglas 'green', sorcha 'bright', ruadh 'red', alad 'piebald', odhar 'dun', usgdha 'resinous', erc 'red', irfind 'very white'. Ogam tirda/Agricultural ogam: biail 'axe', loman 'rope', fidba 'hedge-bill', srathar 'pack-saddle', nasc 'ring', huartan ?, dabach 'cask', tal 'adze', carr 'waggon', cual 'faggot', machad ?, gat 'with', ngend 'wedge', sust 'flail', rusc 'basket', arathar 'plough', ord 'hammer', usca 'heather-brush', epit 'billhook', indeoin 'anvil'. Ogam Uisceach/Water Ogam: "Rivulet for group B, to wit one rivulet for B, five for N; Weir for group H, one weir, two, three, four, five weirs (for B, L, F, S, N); River for group M, one river, two, three, four, five rivers (H, D, T, C, Q); Well for group A, one well, two, three, four, five well (for A, O, U, E, I). This list seems to involve counting or tallying and so may have been used in some way as a record of property. Conogam/Dog Ogham: “Watch-dog for group B, one watch-dog, two, three, four, five watch-dogs ( for B, L, F, S, N) ;Greyhound for group H, one greyhound, two, three, four, five greyhounds (for H, D, T, C, Q); Herd's dog for group M, one herd's dog, two, three etc.; Lapdog for group A, one lapdog, two, etc.” This list also has a numerical element. Bo-ogam/Cow Ogham: “Milch cow for group B, one milch cow, two, three, etc.; Stripper for group H, one stripper, two, etc.; Three-year-old heifer for group M; Yearling heifer for group A.” This list also seems to involve the tally system and so have been used as a record of cattle ownership. (A "stripper" is a cow at the end of her lactation, giving little milk.) Danogam/Art-ogam: bethumnacht ‘livelihood’, luamnacht ‘pilotage’, filideacht ‘poetry’, sairsi ‘handicraft’, notaireacht ‘notary work’, H-airchetul ‘trisyllabic poetry’, druidheacht ‘wizardry’, tornoracht ‘turning’, cruitireacht ‘harping’, quislenacht ‘fluting’, milaideacht ‘soldiering’, gaibneacht ‘smithwork’, ngibae ‘modelling’, sreghuindeacht ‘deer-stalking’, ronnaireacht ‘dispensing’, airigeacht