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TomBo Apr 21, 2004 21:17:14
Replying to FourWinds

"he thrimbled like a dog in a wet sack"

brilliant!

Sounds like Bride to me, FW. The way she appeared in the middle of the fire, and also the connection with holy wells.

No need for translation! I'm usually quite good at deciphering dialect. Even I had problems with some of this, though:

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/25868

My neighbours speak a bit like that.

F FourWinds
FourWinds Apr 22, 2004 08:59:41
Replying to TomBo

What about this one then ...

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/yeats/fip/fip48.htm

Best two quotes from this book for me:

"he had a peculiar habbit of always wearing his head beneath his hat"

"But what was his astonishment at beholding, just at the foot of that rock, a beautiful young creature combing her hair, which was of a sea-green colour; and now the salt water shining on it appeared, in the morning light, like melted butter upon cabbage."