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... ignorance - but what the fuck is "Slainte" - is it some secret malt I haven't tried yet? Heh. It's Gaelic for 'cheers' or 'health'. Pronounced "slan-zja'. Sometimes you'll also see 'slainte mhath', which means 'good health'. Pronounced 'slan-zja var'. Gaelic's _weird_. Jim I see - well, back at ya Jim! - and everyone else here. I'm an Aussie of Norwegian ...

... - but what the fuck is "Slainte" - is it some secret malt I haven't tried yet? Heh. It's Gaelic for 'cheers' or 'health'. Pronounced "slan-zja'. Sometimes you'll also see 'slainte mhath', which means 'good health'. Pronounced 'slan-zja var'. Gaelic's _weird_. Jim -- "Well, well. We've come a long way from the Prime Minister's exploding cake." - Adam West, Batman....

... Druid traditions were preserved by the Filidh in their schools and their traditions as an organized part of Gaelic society until the mid 16th century CE (same for the Brehonshttp://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/celtic/22papers/... have survived over time and the onslaughts that history, the English and the Famine/Diaspora placed upon Gaelic culture and the surviving traditional practices of the Filidh. It is in this area that one must ...

... live with it. Searles O'Dubhain "The Apple Branch" - An excellent book by Alexei Kondratiev, the most genuinely Gaelic and Druidic writer on the American scene. Con Collins, publisher, Collins Press, Cork, Ireland, published The Apple Branch originally. ... reading material for a Druid. None of your English Obodic freeemasonic stuff here - Alexei is a true scholar in the Gaelic tradition - he teaches the Irish Language in New York.

... pm, "Searles O'Dubhain"  wrote: "Tom" wrote "Searles O'Dubhain"  wrote In Ireland, the Filidh and Brehons were a part of the Druid class that survived in Gaelic society as organized groups until the English conquests of the 17th century CE. After that their traditions surviuved along family lines for years. Wikipedia is not the best of sources on this information but it is...

On Jul 21, 8:36 pm, "Searles O'Dubhain" wrote: "Tom" wrote "Searles O'Dubhain" wrote In Ireland, the Filidh and Brehons were a part of the Druid class that survived in Gaelic society as organized groups until the English conquests of the 17th century CE. After that their traditions surviuved along family lines for years. Wikipedia is not the best of sources on this information but it is ...

...> "Searles O'Dubhain" <odubhain@*comcast*.net> wrote in message news:psidnYgfNcZK7xnVnZ2dnUVZ_umdnZ2d@comcast.com... In Ireland, the Filidh and Brehons were a part of the Druid class that survived in Gaelic society as organized groups until the English conquests of the 17th century CE. After that their traditions surviuved along family lines for years. Wikipedia is not the best of sources on...

...: "Searles O'Dubhain" <odubhain@*comcast*.net> wrote in message news:psidnYgfNcZK7xnVnZ2dnUVZ_umdnZ2d@comcast.com... In Ireland, the Filidh and Brehons were a part of the Druid class that survived in Gaelic society as organized groups until the English conquests of the 17th century CE. After that their traditions surviuved along family lines for years. Wikipedia is not the best of sources on this ...

"Searles O'Dubhain" <odubhain@*comcast*.net> wrote in message news:psidnYgfNcZK7xnVnZ2dnUVZ_umdnZ2d@comcast.com... In Ireland, the Filidh and Brehons were a part of the Druid class that survived in Gaelic society as organized groups until the English conquests of the 17th century CE. After that their traditions surviuved along family lines for years. Wikipedia is not the best of sources on this information but it is ...