Oldest daughter named after the Mother's mother 2nd daughter named after the Father's mother 3rd daughter
named after the Mother 4th daughter named after the Mother's oldest sister.
It was customary for Irish Catholics to place a rosary in the hands of the deceased, and each visitor
upon arriving would kneel next to the body for a brief prayer.
-The Gods & Goddesses of Irish Mythology-
-The Gods-
Luchta: The God of Wrights
Donn: Referred to as "The Dark One", proper title is God of Death.
Daghda: The God of Earth
Goibhniu: Smith God
Nechtan: Water God
Oenghus: God of Love and youth
Néit: God of War
-The Goddesses-
Boann: Goddess of Fertility and Water
Brigit: Goddess of healing and poetry
Danu: Mother Goddess
Cliodna: Goddess of Beauty & The Otherworld
Nemhain: Goddess of War
Morrigan: Goddess of Death
-Irish Legends-
The Banshee or "woman of the hills" is a spirit or fairy who foretells a death by wailing. She visits a household and by
wailing she warns them that a member of their family is about to die. When a Banshee is caught, she is obliged to tell the
name of the doomed.
Leprechauns are fairies that resembles a tiny old man. If you can catch him, he can reveal a buried
crock of gold. However, his captor must keep his eyes on the leprechaun. Usually the captor will be tricked into glancing
away, and the fairy will vanish.
Nothing Says Ireland, like the Shamrock. This three sided little plant has been connected
with Ireland since the days of St. Patrick. The legend says that St. Patrick used the shamrock to teach Christianity
to the doubting natives claiming that the three tiny leaves represented the Holy Trinity.
The CHANGELING: A popular legend among the Irish peasants was the belief in the fairy folk. If
ever the fairy folk found a mortal child it liked, they would take the child away to their country and replace the
mortal child with a sickly and dying fairy child. If a parent was worried about their own child being "switched" by the fae
folk, they would place a bagpipe beside the bed. It was believed that changelings adored the bagpipes and it would betray
its true idenitity by being unable to withstand the desire to play the musical instrument.
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