Mad_Jack
Legend
Another quote from the article which stood out for me:
The giving and receiving of gifts was a very big thing in ancient Gaelic cultures - as a king or other high-ranking member of society, you were expected to regularly give out lavish gifts to show your prestige and prosperity, and a stingy king was not going to be well-respected.
(Irish legend is full of people being shamed or forced into giving up some of their most precious belongings by folks who gave them a gift they couldn't afford to match or who unwisely offered someone a gift of their choice.)