| NightHawk |
Posted on: 26-Feb-2002, 03:03 PM |
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Dear friends,
found following poem a while ago and it was supposed to be 'celtic'.
Unfortunately I have no idea yet about the whereabouts.
Nevertheless it really touched me, so I kept it.
Hope you like it too:
Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep
Do not stand at my grave and weep;
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn's rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.
Slāinte
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Forum: Poems · Post Preview: #981 |
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 24-Feb-2002, 01:54 PM |
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Wishing you a very
HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
Blue Rogue.
Just have a great day.
Sláinte 
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #972 |
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 22-Feb-2002, 09:26 AM |
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Wishing you a very
HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
Mcfive.
Here's a special to you.
Have a great day!
Slāinte
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #931 |
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 21-Feb-2002, 01:28 PM |
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Wha's like us
The average Englishman in the home he calls his castle, slips into his national costume
a shabby raincoat ~ patented by chemist Charles Macintosh from Glasgow, Scotland.
En route to his office he strides along the English lane, surfaced by John Macadam of Ayr, Scotland.
He drives an English car fitted with tyres invented by John Boyd Dunlop of Dreghorn, Scotland.
At the office he receives the mail bearing adhesive stamps invented by John Chalmers of Dundee, Scotland.
During the day he uses the telephone invented by Alexander Graham Bell, born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
At home in the evening his daughter pedals her bicycle invented by Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Blacksmith of Dumfries, Scotland.
He watches the news on T.V., an invention of John Logie Baird of Helensburgh, Scotland
and hears an item about the U.S. Navy, founded by John Paul Jones of Kirkbean, Scotland.
He has by now been reminded too much of Scotland and in desperation he picks up the Bible, only to find that the first man mentioned in the good book is a Scot ~ King James VI ~ who authorised its translation.
Nowhere can an Englishman turn to escape the ingenuity of the Scots. He could take to drink but the Scots make the best in the world. He could take a rifle and end it all but the breechloading rifle was invented by Captain Patrick Ferguson of Pitfours, Scotland.
If he escaped death, he could find himself on an operating table injected with penicillin, discovered by Alexander Fleming of Darvel, Scotland,
and given an anaesthetic, discovered by Sir James Young Simpson of Bathgate, Scotland.
Out of the anaesthetic he would find no comfort in learning that he was as safe as the Bank of England, founded by William Paterson of Dumfries, Scotland.
Perhaps his only remaining hope would be to get a transfusion of guid Scottish blood which would entitle him to ask
"WHA'S LIKE US" |
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Forum: Scotland · Post Preview: #921 |
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 21-Feb-2002, 01:14 PM |
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As a Christmas present one year, the Laird gave his gamekeeper,
MacPhail, a deerstalker hat with ear-flaps. MacPhail was most
appreciative and always wore it with the flaps tied under his chin
to keep his ears warm in the winter winds. One cold, windy day
the Laird noticed he was not wearing the hat.
"Where's the hat?" asked the Laird.
"I've given up wearing it since the accident," replied MacPhail.
"Accident? I didn't know you'd had an accident."
"Yes. A man offered me a nip of whisky and I had the earflaps
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Forum: Scotland · Post Preview: #920 |
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 13-Feb-2002, 03:58 PM |
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In a London street, two Highlanders stood looking at the imposing front of a large building.
The corner-stone bore the date in Roman characters, "MCMIV."
"Look at that, Jock," said Sandy proudly, "Ah don't know what clan he come from,
but he's got his name on one of the finest buildings in London. You canna keep oor boys doon, can ye ?" |
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Forum: Scotland · Post Preview: #856 |
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 13-Feb-2002, 09:14 AM |
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Hi Maggie!
Do you know what's even better than to see all these pipers and drummers in NYC?
- See them in Edinburgh at the castle!
The military tattoo is a fantastic and awesome show and I really can recommend to go and see it right there.
Slāinte
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #854 |
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 11-Feb-2002, 02:52 PM |
Replies: 35
Views: 1,433
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A Pole, with an unpronounceable name,
wanted to try his hand at golf at St. Andrews.
Three times he asked the starter to put him down
to play the next morning at ten, before he was told,
"Ye'll come the day after tomorrow at eleven,
and ye'll answer to the name o' Macpherson"
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Forum: Scotland · Post Preview: #848 |
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 11-Feb-2002, 06:24 AM |
Replies: 4
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Dear firends,
thanks a lot for your good wishes.
All these cakes, presents, drinks and
song I received in here really made
my day.
Here's to all of you.
Slāinte
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #845 |
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 11-Feb-2002, 06:20 AM |
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Hi Maggie,
thanks so much for your good wishes.
I had a wonderful day and a wonderful
weekend for sure.
Thanks!
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #844 |
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 11-Feb-2002, 06:19 AM |
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Hi Scottish2,
welcome back!
Good to hear you've had a great time.
Travelling is certainly one of the best
ways to spend your time - but it is also
great to come back home again, isn't it?
Slāinte
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #843 |
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 09-Feb-2002, 05:28 AM |
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Hi Aklassie,
thanks a lot for your good wishes.
I really have good use for them.
For sure, I will enjoy this day although
I don't feel much older than I have been
yesterday.
Anyway, it is a good occasion to invite
family and some friends and have a good
time with good food and a good drink (or two).
This one is to you .
Slāinte
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #824 |
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 08-Feb-2002, 12:35 PM |
Replies: 35
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BAND STRUCTURE OF THE ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS
Drum Major:
Leaps tall buildings in a single bound Faster than a speeding bullet.
More powerful than a locomotive.
Walks on Water.
Talks to God.
Pipers:
Leaps small buildings with a run-up.
Is a crack shot.
Pulls railway carriages.
Fords rivers.
Listens to god.
Side Drummers:
Vaults over fences.
Is allowed his own sidearm.
Can read a railway timetable.
Knows how to put on fishing gollashes.
Believes in God.
Tenor Drummers:
Can open and walk through a door.
Knows which is the dangerous end of a gun.
Has his own train set.
Wears Wellington boots.
Talks to himself.
Bass Drummers:
Trips over matchsticks.
Is NEVER allowed near firearms.
Says "Look at CHOO-CHOO".
Plays in puddles.
Nobody listens to him
and finally.
THE PIPE MAJOR:
Lifts tall buildings and walks underneath them.
Catches bullets in his teeth and chews them.
Kicks locomotives off their tracks.
Drinks entire oceans because
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Forum: Scotland · Post Preview: #819 |
 The Celts (Pages 1 2 )
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 04-Feb-2002, 09:37 AM |
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There must be a meaning ... somehow ... 
"IF YOU SEE A CELT RUNNING, DON'T STOP TO ASK WHY...........RUN".
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Forum: The Celts · Post Preview: #767 |
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 31-Jan-2002, 10:07 AM |
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...and another one.
Donald MacDonald from the Isle of Skye (or maybe it was Neil McNeil from Barra, but anyway..) went to study at an English university and was living in the hall of residence with all the other students there. After he had been there a month, his mother came to visit him (no doubt carrying reinforcements of tatties, salt herring, oatmeal and whisky).
"And how do you find the English students, Donald?" she asked.
"Mother," he replied, "they're such terrible, noisy people. The one on that side keeps banging his head on the wall and won't stop. The one on the other side screams and screams all night."
"Oh Donald! How do you manage to put up with these awful noisy English neighbours?"
"Mother, I do nothing. I just ignore them. I just stay here quietly, playing my bagpipes."
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Forum: Scotland · Post Preview: #737 |
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 31-Jan-2002, 09:58 AM |
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@ kylassie 
Following was certainly told by someone who doesn't really cherish the heavenly sound of a well played bagpipe
What's the difference between a bagpipe and a trampoline?
Eventually, people get tired of jumping on a trampoline.
Slāinte
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Forum: Scotland · Post Preview: #736 |
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 30-Jan-2002, 10:37 AM |
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In the middle of foggy night in the NW Atlantic.....two lights are heading directly for one another...
and on the radio an American voice is heard saying "we suggest you alter course by 10 degrees".
Back comes the reply "No!" Then the American voice says "this is the battleship USS Missouri
leading the American Atlantic battle fleet, you had better alter course by 10 degrees." Back
comes the reply "this is the Hebrides lighthouse, but it's your call, Jimmy"
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Forum: Scotland · Post Preview: #705 |
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 30-Jan-2002, 03:02 AM |
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Just a thought!
From the history of the Vikings it is known that during the time of their raids they even reached faraway places in what is Russia today. It is fact that they even travelled on the river Volga and and also reached the place which is the city of Astrakhan on the Caspian Sea today.
If you look on the map you will see that, having come that far, it won't be too difficult to reach Afghanistan from there. Between the shores of the Caspian See and Afghanistan is only the area left which we know as Turkmenistan today.
I won't challenge the theory about the Macrae's, but isn't it worth a thought that also the Vikings might have left their genes down there?
Has anybody any more precise info on that idea?
Slāinte
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Forum: Scotland · Post Preview: #699 |
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 29-Jan-2002, 09:01 AM |
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Imbolc ? the celtic feast of light and the ongoing life
As we approach February 1st it may be of interest that it represents one of the major celtic feasts. As the official beginning of the spring it is one of the four quarter-days in the Celtic calender of the year like Beltaine (May 1st), Lughnasa (August 1st) and Samhain (November 1st).
The name ?Imbolc? is a celtic term describing a certain feeling inside the body. In this context it defines the ?pregnancy? of ?mother? earth who, at this time, is about to give birth to the new light and the new period of growth in nature.
There is also the explanation that it derives from the term ?oimelc?, a combination of ?oi? = sheep and ?melcg? = milk, thus explaining the beginning of spring to be the time of beginning lactation of the ewes.
In this context it is clear that ?Imbolc? is one of the major events in the cycle of the celtic year. It is the first part of the overall trinity of beginning, being and passing away.
The goddess representing Imbolc is ?Brighid?, part of a trinity herself.
She is daughter to Morrigan, the earth-goddess and her mate Dagda, the chief god in Irish mythology.
Morrigan had three daughters, all of whom are called Brighid or Brigid.
Brighid is believed to be the female ancestor of the Irish people.
She wears three mantles and is the matron of poetry, smithcraft and healing.
Additionally, poets and artisans call her the mistress of inspiration and prophecy.
Slāinte
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Forum: Scotland · Post Preview: #691 |
The Celts (Pages 1 2 )
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 29-Jan-2002, 09:01 AM |
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Imbolc ? the celtic feast of light and the ongoing life
As we approach February 1st it may be of interest that it represents one of the major celtic feasts. As the official beginning of the spring it is one of the four quarter-days in the Celtic calender of the year like Beltaine (May 1st), Lughnasa (August 1st) and Samhain (November 1st).
The name ?Imbolc? is a celtic term describing a certain feeling inside the body. In this context it defines the ?pregnancy? of ?mother? earth who, at this time, is about to give birth to the new light and the new period of growth in nature.
There is also the explanation that it derives from the term ?oimelc?, a combination of ?oi? = sheep and ?melcg? = milk, thus explaining the beginning of spring to be the time of beginning lactation of the ewes.
In this context it is clear that ?Imbolc? is one of the major events in the cycle of the celtic year. It is the first part of the overall trinity of beginning, being and passing away.
The goddess representing Imbolc is ?Brighid?, part of a trinity herself.
She is daughter to Morrigan, the earth-goddess and her mate Dagda, the chief god in Irish mythology.
Morrigan had three daughters, all of whom are called Brighid or Brigid.
Brighid is believed to be the female ancestor of the Irish people.
She wears three mantles and is the matron of poetry, smithcraft and healing.
Additionally, poets and artisans call her the mistress of inspiration and prophecy.
Slāinte
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Forum: The Celts · Post Preview: #719 |
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 20-Jan-2002, 03:09 AM |
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Windows 98
It has come to our attention that a few copies of the Scottish version of Windows 98 may have accidentally been shipped outside Scotland. If you have one of the Scottish editions you may need some help understanding the commands. The Scottish edition may be recognised by the opening screen. It reads: WINDAES 98, Ye Ken, with a picture of William Wallace superimposed on a St. Andrew's Cross, shipped with a Mel Gibson screen saver. If you have a copy of WINDAES 98, you will need to know the following:
Recycle Bin is called "The Bucket."
My Computer is called "Yon Computer Thingie."
Dialup Networking is called "Phone the Bhoys."
Control Panel is known as the "Dashboard."
Settings are called "sittins."
Programs are described as "stuff whit daes stuff."
Documents are termed "stuff whit I hive done afore."
Hard Drive is referred to as "the Tractor."
Floppies are referred to as "yon wee plastic dusc things."
In addition, you will find some commands in WINDAES 98 have been slightly altered:
OK = "'ats fine"
Cancel = "na na ma loon"
Reset = "Och ye'd be as weel startin agin"
Yes = "Och aye"
No = "nae chunce mon"
Find = "if ye'd bothered to pit it past in a safe place, ye widnae need to be lookin' for it noo, noo widye?"
Go to = "go'n ower 'ere"
Back = "back the wye"
Help = "geese a haun'"
Stop = "packit in"
Start = "com on 'en"
Some features exclusive tae WINDAES 98:
Pincil an paper.....A word processor
Colourin book.......A Graphics program
Addin machine.......Calculator
Andrex..............Notepad
Jukebox.............CD player
Photies.............A graphics viewer
Massey..............Tractor dealers listed by Post Code (Scotland only)
Car.................See previous entry
Tax Records.........usually an empty file
Other features: WINDAES 98 does not recognise capital letters or punctuation marks.
We regret any inconvenience caused if you received a copy of the Scottish edition. Please return it to Microsoft for a replacement version.
source: www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/4900/scotsmen.htm
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Forum: Scotland · Post Preview: #652 |
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 20-Jan-2002, 02:59 AM |
Replies: 11
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Celtic scripts
One of the characteristics of the Celtic culture, although developed far ahead to most of contemporary cultures, was that it passed on knowledge, myths etc. through songs and mouth from generation to generation rather than through written words.
Yet, not widely known, the Celts, at least those in Ireland, had an alphabet to actually write down information.
It is said that the so called Ogham-alphabet essentially was a tool for ?magical? purposes.
This is really nothing to wonder about since in Celtic tradition the physical and spiritual world inseparable belonged together.
Fact is that a few scripts using this alphabet survived time because they had been written on standing stones. Today there are some 300 of them known in Ireland, about 27 in Scotland and 40 in Wales. Evidence that the development of this alphabet has to be credited to the Irish Celts can be drawn from the fact that for instance the 40 known scripts in Wales are to be found in regions settled by originally ?Irish? Celts. It is also known that words written on all of those stones represent an early Irish language dated from about the 6th century. This also corellates with the dating of the stones to times between 5th and 7th century.
Typically the script consists of a series of notches and lines called ?flesc?. They are arranged along a vertical baseline scratched into the surface of the standing stones.
Slāinte
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Forum: Scotland · Post Preview: #651 |
The Celts (Pages 1 2 )
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 20-Jan-2002, 02:59 AM |
Replies: 17
Views: 3,351
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Celtic scripts
One of the characteristics of the Celtic culture, although developed far ahead to most of contemporary cultures, was that it passed on knowledge, myths etc. through songs and mouth from generation to generation rather than through written words.
Yet, not widely known, the Celts, at least those in Ireland, had an alphabet to actually write down information.
It is said that the so called Ogham-alphabet essentially was a tool for ?magical? purposes.
This is really nothing to wonder about since in Celtic tradition the physical and spiritual world inseparable belonged together.
Fact is that a few scripts using this alphabet survived time because they had been written on standing stones. Today there are some 300 of them known in Ireland, about 27 in Scotland and 40 in Wales. Evidence that the development of this alphabet has to be credited to the Irish Celts can be drawn from the fact that for instance the 40 known scripts in Wales are to be found in regions settled by originally ?Irish? Celts. It is also known that words written on all of those stones represent an early Irish language dated from about the 6th century. This also corellates with the dating of the stones to times between 5th and 7th century.
Typically the script consists of a series of notches and lines called ?flesc?. They are arranged along a vertical baseline scratched into the surface of the standing stones.
Slāinte
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Forum: The Celts · Post Preview: #718 |
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 19-Jan-2002, 08:12 AM |
Replies: 5
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Hi Nightjar,
thanks for the links.
Yes - I am very much interested in these ancient sites, like all ancient sites especially of celtic origin.
Many of those Scottish sites I have already seen myself and such I really cherish you site as it brings back good memories.
Thanks and slāinte 
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Forum: General Discussion · Post Preview: #151 |
| NightHawk |
Posted on: 19-Jan-2002, 07:55 AM |
Replies: 11
Views: 857
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Hi Maggie,
you are absolutely right about the importance of music and symbolism for the celtic culture(s). And, as you mentioned the 'Celtic Cross' and it's symbolic meaning, just have a look at following article. It surely will be of interest for you.
Mide
By C. Austin
Ireland today is composed of five provinces: Connacht, Leinster, Munster, Ulster and Mide. Mide is the otherworld dimension which exists to holds the dynamic tension of the other four provinces inplace.
Although the modern geographer may insist Ireland consists of only four provinces, the Old Irish word for province is "coiced," literally meaning "a fifth". The dispute and designation of the territory of the provinces of Ireland goes back to an account written in the old Irish text known as "The Settling of the Manor of Tara."
This account retells a story which Fintan, son of Bocha, related to a group of warring Irish noblemenin around 550 A.D. Fintan related the chronicle of the settling of the provincial boundaries of Ireland by a supernatural being. The stranger, a fair giant known as Trefuilngid Tre-eochair, controlled the rising and setting of the sun and he ratified the arrangement of Ireland into four quarters and a centre - the mandala of life. Fintan then told of how he and Trefuilngid named the attributes which had been associated with each province throughout time. These qualities and the territorial boundaries combine to make each province a distinct region, not only in space but in character.
To the West and Connacht came the foundations of Learning and Wisdom, teaching, science and judgement. From the North and Ulster came the Battle - pride, war, conflicts and contentions. To the South and Munster came Music, poetic arts and advocacy. The East and Leinster brought Prosperity, abundance, hospitality and dignity. And from the Centre, from Mide, came the Kingship and Stewardship which holds the other four provinces fast into one island community.
The motif of the circle surrounded or bisected by the four directions or cardinal points is found throughout history and is sacred in many cultures. This circle or "mandala" in Sanskrit, is a physical symbol by which the creator makes the invisible world visible. In Native American, Hindu and Buddhist traditions the mandala is used for healing and to facilitate an encounter with the creative life force.
Mandala or circle forms have emerged throughout Ireland. Gold ornaments dating from 2,000 B.C.depict a cross surrounded by a circle with a distinct centre. This same symbol evolved into what is seen today as the Celtic cross. Even the well known Brigid's cross represents four directions leading from(and to) the centre of the cross.
The Centre is marked by a glacial erratic known as the Umbilicus Hibernia and it represents the intersection of the four points and the moment which exists in neither time or space where the mystic meets the mundane. The Hill of Uisneach is the area of the annual Beltaine Festival and it is from that Centre, from Mide, where the factions of Ireland are drawn together in a taut, interrelated web. The numinous energy which pours from the Centre illumines the landscape and animates the very rocks and trees - an "atmosphere" remarked upon frequently by visitors to Eire.
As with the great land works of the Celtic world, the five-fold "map" of Ireland provides a bridge for the individual to unite in the interplay between the divine and the earthly. From the Centre, in that moment out of time, one can know the grace to let go of the visible minutiae of everyday living and take one's rightful place in the cosmos.
source: http://www.celtic-connection.com/myth/uisneach.html
Slāinte
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