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It is early waxing moon again so maybe this time the landladyıs
eyes (sun and moon) will open wide with delight for sure,
by the full moon closest to Beltane.
(That's a Wild Rover reference for those who didn't get it.)
And from
http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/celtic.html :
The Silver Bough thumb
Once in 1996 or 1997 I thumbed at random a book on Scottish
folklore called The Silver Bough Vol. 1 by F. Marian McNeill.
It came out to a page with this poem on it:
Ri faicinn domh na gealaich uir,
Is duth domh mo shuil a thogail.
Is duth domh ma ghlun a leagail,
Is duth domh mo cheann a bhogadh,
Toir cliu dhuit fein, a re nan iul,
Gum faca mi thu a rithist,
Gum faca mi a ghealach ur,
Ailleagan iuil na slighe.
Is iomadh neach a chaidh a null
Eadar uine an da ghealaich,
Ged tha mise a' mealtainn fuinn,
A re nan re 's nam beannachd!
which translates as:
When I see the new moon,
It becomes me to lift mine eye,
It becomes me to bend my knee,
It becomes me to bow my head.
Giving thee praise, thou moon of guidance,
That I have seen thee again,
That I have seen the new moon,
The lovely leader of the way.
Many a one has passed beyond
In the time between the two moons,
Though I am still enjoying earth,
Thou moon of moons and of blessings!
Now in that I think new moon refers not to the modern new
moon or dark of moon but the early waxing crescent moon or
first horn (or salmon) of moon.
--
David Dalton
dalton@nfld.com http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)
http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) "Early morning jubilators/Up to no good instigators.../Sons of long
forgotten races/That the darkest night embraces." (Hynes/O'Doherty)
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