Oíche shamhna - Halloween

Breandán · **Posted:** Tue 23 Oct 2012 8:46 pm

peterdewolf wrote:

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"Seán na gealaí"

Brid this is a really basic question but I haven't got my textbooks yet and my online dictionaries aren't giving it. 'Geal', bright , shining, etc. Why is it written geali ?
Peter
PS.
http://sligoarts.ie/ArtsNews/Name,15392,en.html

na gealaí is the genitive of an ghealach "the moon".

peterdewolf · **Posted:** Tue 23 Oct 2012 9:49 pm

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I'm the last person you should ask a grammar question

It's the genitive of gealach. Seán of the moon.

Oh thanks Brid and Brendan, I was chasing the wrong word,now it makes sense.
Peter

Redwolf · **Posted:** Sat 27 Oct 2012 5:09 pm

Here's the blog post I mentioned.

http://www.bitesizeirishgaelic.com/blog ... loween-on/

I included a link to this thread, but it suddenly dawned on me...can folks read threads here if they're not registered? (kind of like the old place...you could read, but not post?)

Redwolf

cytex · **Joined:** Mon 05 Sep 2011 10:34 am **Posts:** 64

Redwolf wrote:

Here's the blog post I mentioned.

http://www.bitesizeirishgaelic.com/blog ... loween-on/

I included a link to this thread, but it suddenly dawned on me...can folks read threads here if they're not registered? (kind of like the old place...you could read, but not post?)

Redwolf

Yes they can read them no problem they need register to reply tho.

CaoimhínSF · **Joined:** Sun 04 Sep 2011 11:02 pm **Posts:** 1581

I'm posting to this Samhain thread to bring it up to the top again, since people may be interested, and I'll sticky it for a few days so that it stays readily visible.

An Sionnach Glic · **Joined:** Fri 08 Sep 2017 9:44 pm **Posts:** 40

Saoirse wrote:

To

púca = ghost (We used to 'go on the púcaís' as kids - this is more commonly now called 'trick or treating' ie. begging at neighbours' doors!)

Just curious what's the difference between a 'púca' and a 'taibhse'? The dictionary only gives 'taibhse' as a translation for ghost but I see more people using the term 'púca'

Bríd Mhór · **Joined:** Sun 28 Aug 2011 8:29 pm **Posts:** 2985

An Sionnach Glic wrote:

Saoirse wrote:

To

púca = ghost (We used to 'go on the púcaís' as kids - this is more commonly now called 'trick or treating' ie. begging at neighbours' doors!)

Just curious what's the difference between a 'púca' and a 'taibhse'? The dictionary only gives 'taibhse' as a translation for ghost but I see more people using the term 'púca'

I could be wrong but my understanding of it is that "púca" is like a little demon or something like that, and "taibhse" is the ghost of real people who have lived.

CaoimhínSF · **Joined:** Sun 04 Sep 2011 11:02 pm **Posts:** 1581

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I could be wrong but my understanding of it is that "púca" is like a little demon or something like that, and "taibhse" is the ghost of real people who have lived.

That's always been my impression as well, and Bríd would know, since she lives in Conamara where the pucaí and taibhsí are still alive and well. :mrgreen:

Redwolf · **Posted:** Mon 30 Oct 2017 5:44 am

CaoimhínSF wrote:

Quote:

I could be wrong but my understanding of it is that "púca" is like a little demon or something like that, and "taibhse" is the ghost of real people who have lived.

That's always been my impression as well, and Bríd would know, since she lives in Conamara where the pucaí and taibhsí are still alive and well. :mrgreen:

Or, you know, dead and well...

Redwolf

franc 91 · **Posted:** Mon 30 Oct 2017 12:16 pm

If you can find it, there's the story of 'The Tinker of Ballingarry and his Three Wishes' - it was collected by Jeremiah Curtin and published in 'Irish Folk Tales' by James Delargy. Unfortunately it's not (yet) available in Irish. To give you a clue of what I'm on about - his name was Jack.

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