eye see Burke, Construction and History, p. 40; and Bonfante, Erruscan, p. 102. The phallic sign was common over a







blacksmith's forge in Italy in order to protect the horses that came to him to be shod since the horses were







Specially liable to malign influence; so the smith naturally supplied the best possible protection for the horses







by which he got his living. [See George Dennis, Cirie