E. Cobham Brewer 18101897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Taurus [the Bull]
indicates to the Egyptians the time for ploughing the earth, which is done with oxen.
Mount Taurus, in Asia. In Judges xv. 319 we have an account of Samson
and the jawbone, but probably Chamor (translated an ass) was the name of a hill or series of hills like Taurus, and should not have been translated. Similarly, Lehi (translated a jawbone) is probably a proper name also, and refers to a part of Chamor. If so, the meaning is, When he (Samson) came to Lehi, the summit of Mount Chamor, seeing a moist boulder, he broke it off and rolled it on his foes. Down it bounded, crushing heaps upon heaps of the Philistines. Where the boulder was broken off a spring of water jetted out, and with this water Samson quenched his thirst.
What is now called the Mountain of St. Patrick was previously called Mount Eaglein Irish, Cruachan Aichle.