What's a leannán sí?

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What's a leannán sí?

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As used in My Lagan Love?
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"faerie helper"
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Fairy lover (as in a lover who is a fairy).

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Post by amar »

lover...helper...same thing. :D
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Post by dubhlinn »

Redwolf wrote:Fairy lover (as in a lover who is a fairy).

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On the button there Red.

Glad I checked before posting.. :wink:

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And many a poor man that has roved,
Loved and thought himself beloved,
From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.

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Well, hmph. Guess that's the last time I trust an interview with Maireid Sullivan for my translation help. ;)

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aderyn_du wrote:Well, hmph. Guess that's the last time I trust an interview with Maireid Sullivan for my translation help. ;)

http://www.maireid.com/interview2.html
Easy on the hmph.
A lot of Irish words don't translate directly into English and Leanann can also mean A Follower..which depending on the context could be stretched out to include Helper...Fairies being friendly folk in general.

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dubhlinn wrote:
aderyn_du wrote:Well, hmph. Guess that's the last time I trust an interview with Maireid Sullivan for my translation help. ;)

http://www.maireid.com/interview2.html
Easy on the hmph.
A lot of Irish words don't translate directly into English and Leanann can also mean A Follower..which depending on the context could be stretched out to include Helper...Fairies being friendly folk in general.

Slan,
D. :wink:
I know, it was a 'winkie' sort of hmph, not to be taken seriously, hence the emoticon. The fae knew what I meant. :P
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aderyn_du wrote:The fae knew what I meant. :P
of course they did, ad :wink:
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izzarina wrote:
aderyn_du wrote:The fae knew what I meant. :P
of course they did, ad :wink:
I believe you, aderyn. Our cats talk to the faeries all the time.
Giles: "We few, we happy few."
Spike: "We band of buggered."
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jsluder wrote:
izzarina wrote:
aderyn_du wrote:The fae knew what I meant. :P
of course they did, ad :wink:
I believe you, aderyn. Our cats talk to the faeries all the time.
Mine too... as do my children, and I. :)
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jsluder wrote:
izzarina wrote:
aderyn_du wrote:The fae knew what I meant. :P
of course they did, ad :wink:
I believe you, aderyn. Our cats talk to the faeries all the time.
All my cats did, too. I was surprised to find that my ducks did it, though.
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:roll:
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IRTradRU? wrote::roll:
Would you care to elaborate on that, IRTradRU? :lol:
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Up the airy mountain
Down the rushy glen,
We daren't go a-hunting,
For fear of little men

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