Saobh-chreideamh - Eachdraidh nam mùthaidhean

Susanharris: /* Rosad */

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Rosad

Susanharris: /* Orra */

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Orra

Susanharris: /* Mallachd */

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Mallachd

Susanharris: /* Giseag */

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Giseag

Susanharris: /* Giseag */

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Giseag

Susanharris: /* Frith */

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Frith

Susanharris: /* Eòlas */

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Eòlas

Susanharris 08:12, 6 dhen t-Samhain 2013

2013-11-06T08:12:30Z

Akerbeltz: /* Auspicous and not so auspicious signs */

2011-12-18T22:18:26Z

Auspicous and not so auspicious signs

Akerbeltz: /* Auspicous and not so auspicious signs */

2011-12-18T22:17:52Z

Auspicous and not so auspicious signs

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 ==Rosad==
-A curse, more specific than mallachd which is the general term for a curse.  A rosad involves magic to disable your victim somehow.
+A curse, more specific than mallachd which is the general term for a curse.  A <span style="color: #008000;">rosad</span> involves magic to somehow disable your victim.
 ==Sian==

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-Making an <span style="color: #008000;">orra-ghràidh</span> involves a plant called <span style="color: #008000;">altanach</span> (knotgrass, polygonum aviculare) which is also called <span style="color: #008000;">gràdh is fuath</span> and the following incantation (which finishes of with the Lord's Prayer):
+Making an <span style="color: #008000;">orra-ghràidh</span> involves a plant called <span style="color: #008000;">altanach</span> (knotgrass, polygonum aviculare) which is also called <span style="color: #008000;">gràdh is fuath</span> and the following incantation which finishes of with the Lord's Prayer:
 <span style="color: #008000;">Sùil bhlàth Chrìosd air Peadar,<br />Sùil chaomh na h-Òighe air Eoin,<br />Gun leanadh, gun leònadh, gun lotadh,<br />Gun iadhadh gu teann seachd altanach,<br />Le seachd snaidhm cruaidh-snaidhm,<br />Mu chridhe na h-eala,<br />Rinn mise lot is a leòn,<br />Gus an coinnich lot ri lot,<br />Leòn ri leòn 's a cridhe a' breabadh le aoibhneas,<br />Ri faicinn gnùis a rùin,<br />An ainm an athar ...</span>

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 ==Mallachd==
-Curse or malediction.  As the word 'malediction' states, this is simply wishing someone bad luck of some sort and doesn't require the person who curses (<span style="color: #008000;">thoir mallachd air</span>) to be a witch or magician.
+Curse or malediction.  As the word 'malediction' states, this is simply wishing someone bad luck of some sort and does not require the person who curses (<span style="color: #008000;">thoir mallachd air</span>) to be a witch or magician.
 ==Obag==

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 ==Giseag==
-Also <span style="color: #008000;">geasag</span>. A diminuitive of <span style="color: #008000;">geas</span>, this is perhaps best translated as ensorcelment or spell (Scots <span style="color: #6600CC;">cantrip</span> is quite a good match although that seems to have a Gaelic equivalent in <span style="color: #008000;">conntrachd</span> ''curse'').
+Also <span style="color: #008000;">geasag</span>. A diminuitive of <span style="color: #008000;">geas</span>, this is perhaps best translated as ensorcelment or spell. Scots <span style="color: #6600CC;">cantrip</span> is quite a good match although that seems to have a Gaelic equivalent in <span style="color: #008000;">conntrachd</span> ''curse''.
 A lovely one is the following, which is the Gaelic equivalent of Abrakadabra izzy wizzy etc:

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 ==Giseag==
-Also <span style="color: #008000;">geasag</span>. A diminuitive of <span style="color: #008000;">geas</span>, this is perhaps best translated as ensorcelment or spell (Scots cantrip is quite a good match although that seems to have a Gaelic equivalant in <span style="color: #008000;">conntrachd</span> ''curse'').
+Also <span style="color: #008000;">geasag</span>. A diminuitive of <span style="color: #008000;">geas</span>, this is perhaps best translated as ensorcelment or spell (Scots <span style="color: #6600CC;">cantrip</span> is quite a good match although that seems to have a Gaelic equivalent in <span style="color: #008000;">conntrachd</span> ''curse'').
-A lovely one is the following, which is the Gaelic equivalant of Abrakadabra izzy wizzy etc:
+A lovely one is the following, which is the Gaelic equivalent of Abrakadabra izzy wizzy etc:
 <span style="color: #008000;">Deanagan meanagan,<br />Miga moga,<br />Prionta croga,<br />Sealbha bealbha buf!</span>

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 ==Frith==
-This is an incantation to locate a missing person.  It involves the spell itself and then interpreting the signs around you, which is where the list of auspicious and not so auspicious things further down comes in handy.  The <span style="color: #008000;">frith</span> is apparently best cast on the first Monday of a new quarter (remember that next time you're planning to get lost!).  The <span style="color: #008000;">frith</span> is conducted as follows:
+This is an incantation to locate a missing person.  It involves the spell itself and then interpreting the signs around you, which is where the list of auspicious and not so auspicious things further down comes in handy.  The <span style="color: #008000;">frith</span> is apparently best cast on the first Monday of a new quarter. Remember that next time you're planning to get lost!.  The <span style="color: #008000;">frith</span> is conducted as follows:
 In the morning, recite the Ave Maria with eyes closed:
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 <span style="color: #008000;">Fàilte dhut a Mhoire, tha thu lan de na gràsan,<br />Tha an Tighearna maille riut.<br />Is beannaichte thu am measg nam mnà,<br />agus is beannaichte toradh do bhronn, Ìosa.<br />A Naoimh Mhoire, a Mhàthair Dhé,<br />   guidh air ar son-ne na peacaich a-nis,<br />agus aig uair ar bàis.<br />Amen.</span>
-Then walk to the door, open the door and hope to see any cross-shape, even if it's two hairs lying across each other and that is a good sign ... then go outside and walk sunwise (<span style="color: #008000;">deiseal</span>) round your house and say:
+Then walk to the door, open the door and hope to see any cross-shape, even if it's two hairs lying across each other, which is a good sign, then go outside and walk sunwise (<span style="color: #008000;">deiseal</span>) round your house and say:
 <span style="color: #008000;">Dia romham,<br />Moire 'am dhéidh,<br />Is am Mac a thug Rìgh nan Dùl<br />Is a chairich Brìghde 'na glaic,<br />Mise air do shlios a Dhia,<br />Is Dia 'nam luirg,<br />Mac Moire is Rìgh nan Dùl,<br />A shoillseachadh gach ni dheth seo,<br />Le a ghràs mu mo choinneamh.</span>
-Then look around and consult the list of auspicious things below which will tell you whether the missing person is dead, alive or just lost in the pub.
+Then, look around and consult the list of auspicious things below which will tell you whether the missing person is dead, alive or just lost in the pub.
 Here's another variation in case you didn't like the first one:
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 <span style="color: #008000;">Tha mise a' falbh air srath Chrìosd,<br />Dia romha, Dia 'am dhéidh,<br />Is Dia 'am luirg,<br />An fhrith a rinn Moire dha Mac,<br />A shéid Brìghde tro a ghlaic,<br />Mar a fhuair ise fios fìrinneach,<br />Gun fhios bréige,<br />Mise a dh'fhaicinn samhla 's coltas.</span>
-These presumably involved imaginary anthropomorphic beings other than Mary and God before the arrival of Christianity, but have been painted with a Christian panache to render them more acceptable, like re-assigning Easter as a Christian holiday when it's actually a Germanic fertility holiday celebrating the goddess of fertility, Ostaria.
+These presumably involved imaginary anthropomorphic beings other than Mary and God before the arrival of Christianity. They were painted with a Christian panache to render them more acceptable, like re-assigning Easter as a Christian holiday when it's actually a Germanic holiday of fertility celebrating the goddess of fertility, Ostaria.
 ==Geas==

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 ==Eòlas==
-Literally it means knowledge or lore and can be translated as a prediction but confusingly also as curse, eg <span style="color: #008000;">Eòlas a' Chomais</span> ''the curse of impotence'' (for a groom) which involves taking three threads of different colours, tying three knots into each and repeating your curses for impotence three times for each knot as you tie it.  The only remedy apparantly is standing at the altar with an untied shoe and a sixpence beneath your foot.  Anyone got a coin?
+Literally, <span style="color: #008000;">eòlas</span> means knowledge or lore and can be translated as a prediction. Confusingly it can also mean a curse, for example, <span style="color: #008000;">Eòlas a' Chomais</span> ''the curse of impotence'', for a groom. This involves taking three threads of different colours, tying three knots into each, and repeating your curses for impotence three times for each knot as you tie it. The only remedy apparently is standing at the altar with an untied shoe and a sixpence beneath your foot. Anyone got a coin?
-Another eòlas is <span style="color: #008000;">Eòlas a' Cheartais</span>, which might come in handy.  Next time your due to appear in court, you can incant the following when leaving the house:
+Another eòlas is <span style="color: #008000;">Eòlas a' Cheartais</span>, which might come in handy.  Next time you're due to appear in court, you can incant the following when leaving the house:
 <span style="color: #008000;">Falbhaidh mise an ainm Dhé,<br />An riochd iarainn 's an riochd each,<br />An riochd nàthrach 's an riochd féidh,<br />Is treise mi fhìn na gach neach,<br />Is dubh dhan bhaile ud thall,<br />Is dubh dhan bheil 'na bhroinn,<br />An teanga fo m' bhonn,<br />Gus an till mi a-nall,<br />Mise an eala bhàn,<br />'Nam bhan-rìghinn os an cionn,<br />Ionnlaididh mi m' aodann,<br />Mar naoidh gathanan gréine,<br />Mar a dh'ionnlaideas Moire a Mac,<br />Le bainne bruich,<br />Meirc air mo bheul,<br />Seirc air m' aodann,<br />Bas Mhoire mu m' amhaich,<br />Bas Chrìosda mu m' aodainn,<br />Teanga Màthair Ìosa 'am cheann,<br />Sùil a' chuimrich eatorra,<br />Is blas meal air gach aon ni,<br />Their mi gun dig mi.</span>

← Mùthadh nas sine		Mùthadh on 08:12, 6 dhen t-Samhain 2013
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−	Surprise, surprise, Gaels were superstitious. Past tense? Well, we're not here to debate that. We're not going down the route of mist and mysticism either, this is just a collection of stuff folklore ~~about~~ Gaelic superstitions. In the light of Harry Potter this might come in handy, who knows!	+	Surprise, surprise, Gaels were superstitious. Past tense? Well, we're not here to debate that. We're not going down the route of mist and mysticism either, this is just a collection of stuff about folklore and Gaelic superstitions. In the light of Harry Potter this might come in handy, who knows!

	Let's look at the vocabulary for charms and such things first, there's quite a variety:		Let's look at the vocabulary for charms and such things first, there's quite a variety:

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 {| class="wikitable" width="70%" border="1"
-! scope="col" width="30%" | thing/event
+! scope="col" width="40%" | thing/event
-! scope="col" width="20%" | lucky
+! scope="col" width="10%" | lucky
-! scope="col" width="20%" | unlucky
+! scope="col" width="10%" | unlucky
-! scope="col" width="30%" | details
+! scope="col" width="40%" | details
 |-
 | animal lying down || || ✔ || symbolises illness