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The land doesn't hold its shape that way. Two breaths, then: in through the nose, a second short sip stacked on top, out long and ragged. Three times.
That second sip is the part that actually reaches the nerve.Cùm do chasan air an talamh — keep your feet on the ground.
What am I still asking permission to call mine? Ask me...
#Phenology #Nature #Autumn #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #MastoDaoine #Alba #Druid #Folklore #Herbalism #Mindfulness #GardensOfMastodon → https://thistleandmoss.com/subscribe?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy-New-RSS
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The land doesn't hold its shape that way. Two breaths, then: in through the nose, a second short sip stacked on top, out long and ragged. Three times.
That second sip is the part that actually reaches the nerve.Cùm do chasan air an talamh — keep your feet on the ground.
What am I still asking permission to call mine? Ask me...
#Phenology #Nature #Autumn #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #MastoDaoine #Alba #Druid #Folklore #Herbalism #Mindfulness #GardensOfMastodon → https://thistleandmoss.com/subscribe?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy-New-RSS
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Your body has been braced since somebody said the small mean word at a fairground. Bracing isn't weakness — it's a nervous system doing the job it evolved for. The trouble is nobody ever tells the body when the thing is over, so it holds that shape into September, into a jaw that clicks and a shoulder that will not come down.
#Phenology #Nature #Autumn #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #MastoDaoine #Alba #Druid #Folklore #Herbalism #Mindfulness #GardensOfMastodon
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Your body has been braced since somebody said the small mean word at a fairground. Bracing isn't weakness — it's a nervous system doing the job it evolved for. The trouble is nobody ever tells the body when the thing is over, so it holds that shape into September, into a jaw that clicks and a shoulder that will not come down.
#Phenology #Nature #Autumn #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #MastoDaoine #Alba #Druid #Folklore #Herbalism #Mindfulness #GardensOfMastodon
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An Lanntair: Join children’s author Louisa MacDougall to celebrate her new book The Ugly Puffling and other stories. There will be story time, crafts and wildlife-themed games for primary-aged children. Pop in at any time between 12.30 and 2.30pm
The post https://lanntair.com/events/event/the-ugly-puffling-and-other-stories-book-launch/ appeared first on https://lanntair.com.Source: https://lanntair.com/events/event/the-ugly-puffling-and-other-stories-book-launch/
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An Lanntair: In a special edition of our monthly social gathering for all creative islanders, we’re setting up a big screen to share two films by island artists, Jill Smith and the late Ron Coleman.
This is a limited capacity event so book early!
An Avebury Journey by Jill Smith
A pioneering performance artist, Jill Smith’s work was recently recognised by the Fruitmarket Gallery in Edinburgh, who commissioned her for a year-long project, Zodiac Journey (in collaboration with photographer Mhairi Law) for the gallery’s 50th anniversary. An Avebury Journey, filmed on Super 8 in the early 1980s, marked the beginning of her transition from Jill Bruce, creative partner and wife of artist Bruce Lacey, to creating work on her own as Jill Smith. Unfinished at the time, the silent footage has now been edited by Izzy McEvoy and Jill Smith, and will be screened in public for the first time tonight, accompanied by an improvised live score by Andrew Eaton Lewis and Ralph Tonge.
Caught in this Moment of Time
Adapted from Ron Coleman’s play which toured Scotland, this short film directed by Ian Bustard is Ron’s final piece of work, and part of his remarkable legacy. Ron was a pioneering mental health and dementia activist who later became a playwright and poet. Caught in this Moment of Time dramatises his experiences as a writer with dementia, and his relationship with his AI home help, Alexa. In his final performance, Ron plays…Source: https://lanntair.com/events/event/artist-gathering-film-night/
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What's coming up in your yard this week?
#Chickweed #Foraging #Herbalism #WildFood #Herbs #Plants #Botany #FoodAsMedicine #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Druid #Garden #Solarpunk
↳ (self-reply) More in today's issue → https://thistleandmoss.com/p/zero-percent-asked-for-this-fuckery-now-name-the-lake-and-come-sit-down#3-things-that-you-absolutely-need-t?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica
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What's coming up in your yard this week?
#Chickweed #Foraging #Herbalism #WildFood #Herbs #Plants #Botany #FoodAsMedicine #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Druid #Garden #Solarpunk
↳ (self-reply) More in today's issue → https://thistleandmoss.com/p/zero-percent-asked-for-this-fuckery-now-name-the-lake-and-come-sit-down#3-things-that-you-absolutely-need-t?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica
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Read this part: skip it if pregnant or nursing, and talk to a doctor first if you take thyroid medication or sedatives, have an autoimmune condition, or any liver trouble. It's a nightshade. Short courses.
What do you reach for when the jaw won't unclench?
#Herbalism #Ashwagandha #FoodAsMedicine #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Druid #Pagan #Witch #Plants #Apothecary #Wellbeing #Folklore
↳ reply: Today's Gathering → https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-survives-the-morning-trump-is-dying-and-we-all-get-to-watch#the-nurturing-food-as-medicine?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy-New-RSS
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Read this part: skip it if pregnant or nursing, and talk to a doctor first if you take thyroid medication or sedatives, have an autoimmune condition, or any liver trouble. It's a nightshade. Short courses.
What do you reach for when the jaw won't unclench?
#Herbalism #Ashwagandha #FoodAsMedicine #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Druid #Pagan #Witch #Plants #Apothecary #Wellbeing #Folklore
↳ reply: Today's Gathering → https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-survives-the-morning-trump-is-dying-and-we-all-get-to-watch#the-nurturing-food-as-medicine?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy-New-RSS
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Half a teaspoon of ashwagandha root, cold into whole-milk yogurt, cinnamon, a thread of honey. Evening. No heat — everything else this month has already been simmered. It tastes like a barn in the rain and the yogurt carries it
There's no Gaelic name for this plant. It never grew anywhere near that coast, and I like saying so — the pharmacopoeia belongs to everybody or it belongs to none #Herbalism #Ashwagandha #FoodAsMedicine #Gaelic #Druid #Pagan #Witch #Plants #Apothecary
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Half a teaspoon of ashwagandha root, cold into whole-milk yogurt, cinnamon, a thread of honey. Evening. No heat — everything else this month has already been simmered. It tastes like a barn in the rain and the yogurt carries it
There's no Gaelic name for this plant. It never grew anywhere near that coast, and I like saying so — the pharmacopoeia belongs to everybody or it belongs to none #Herbalism #Ashwagandha #FoodAsMedicine #Gaelic #Druid #Pagan #Witch #Plants #Apothecary
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Pangrattato. Italian grandmothers have called it poor man's parmesan for four hundred years. Cost: nothing. Keeps a week in a jar.
Aran — bread.
What does your house do with the stale end?
#FoodAsMedicine #Cooking #Frugal #MutualAid #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Bread #Kitchen #Herbalism #Pagan #Druid #Food
The rest of today's issue → https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-survives-the-morning-trump-is-dying-and-we-all-get-to-watch#the-nurturing-food-as-medicine?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy-New-RSS
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Pangrattato. Italian grandmothers have called it poor man's parmesan for four hundred years. Cost: nothing. Keeps a week in a jar.
Aran — bread.
What does your house do with the stale end?
#FoodAsMedicine #Cooking #Frugal #MutualAid #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Bread #Kitchen #Herbalism #Pagan #Druid #Food
The rest of today's issue → https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-survives-the-morning-trump-is-dying-and-we-all-get-to-watch#the-nurturing-food-as-medicine?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy-New-RSS
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The heel of the loaf and the two hard slices nobody wanted. Tear them with your hands — never a knife, the ragged edges are the entire point. Dry skillet, medium, a glug of oil, a smashed clove, salt. Six minutes, shaking.
They go the color of a paper bag and the kitchen smells like a bakery.
#FoodAsMedicine #Cooking #Frugal #MutualAid #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Bread #Kitchen #Herbalism #Pagan #Druid #Food
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The heel of the loaf and the two hard slices nobody wanted. Tear them with your hands — never a knife, the ragged edges are the entire point. Dry skillet, medium, a glug of oil, a smashed clove, salt. Six minutes, shaking.
They go the color of a paper bag and the kitchen smells like a bakery.
#FoodAsMedicine #Cooking #Frugal #MutualAid #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Bread #Kitchen #Herbalism #Pagan #Druid #Food
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Call for Applications: Crossing Tongues Poetry Residency
Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature invites a Scottish poet writing in English, Scots &/or Scottish Gaelic to undertake a 7-day residency in Nigeria, alongside the Hausa International Book & Arts Festival, December 2026
Applications open until 30 September
https://cityofliterature.com/opportunities/call-for-applications-crossing-tongues-poetry-residency/
#Scottish #literature #poetry #Nigeria #Scots #Scotslanguage #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #residency
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Read this part: skip it if pregnant or nursing, and talk to a doctor first if you take thyroid medication or sedatives, have an autoimmune condition, or any liver trouble. It's a nightshade. Short courses.
What do you reach for when the jaw won't unclench?
#Herbalism #Ashwagandha #FoodAsMedicine #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Druid #Pagan #Witch #Plants #Apothecary #Wellbeing #Folklore
↳ reply: Today's Gathering → https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-survives-the-morning-trump-is-dying-and-we-all-get-to-watch#the-nurturing-food-as-medicine?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy-New-RSS
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Half a teaspoon of ashwagandha root, cold into whole-milk yogurt, cinnamon, a thread of honey. Evening. No heat — everything else this month has already been simmered. It tastes like a barn in the rain and the yogurt carries it
There's no Gaelic name for this plant. It never grew anywhere near that coast, and I like saying so — the pharmacopoeia belongs to everybody or it belongs to none #Herbalism #Ashwagandha #FoodAsMedicine #Gaelic #Druid #Pagan #Witch #Plants #Apothecary
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Air mo dhòigh glan 's gun d'fhuair mi an cothrom seo fheuchainn an-de aig a' Whisky Fringe.
Taigh-staile Caledonian Dhùn Èideann, nach maireann, 1964. Abair dramag!
Over the moon to have tried this rare Caledonian 1964 grain whisky from Edinburgh's closed Haymarket distillery. Lovely!
#Whisky #WhiskyFringe #Edinburgh #Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Scotland #urban #MastoDaoine
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Расследования ФБК Алексея Навального
документы, оффлайн
#Расследования #ФБК #Алексей Навальный #Навальный
#документы, #оффлайн
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/898English Books Graded Readers Collection
Английский язык, книги на английском языке 🇮🇴
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/897Португальский язык, Portuguese
Português, Португальська мова 🇵🇹
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/896Голландский язык, Nederlandse taal en letterkunde in het Nederlands,
Dutch language and literature in Dutch, нидерландский, Голландська мова 🇳🇱
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/895Old English, Древнеанглийский язык, Ænglisc, Anglisc, Englisc
#Old English, #Древнеанглийский язык, #Ænglisc, #Anglisc, #Englisc
Давньоанглійська мова, англосаксонский, Anglo-Saxon ⚔
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/894Латышский язык, latviešu valoda
Latvian language, Латвійська мова, Латвийский язык 🇱🇻
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/893Эстонский язык, литература на эстонском
#Eesti keel, eestikeelne kirjandus, eesti raamatud, eesti kirjandus, eesti õpikud, Eesti, Естонська мова, література естонською, Естонські книги, естонська література, підручники естонської, #Естонія Estonian language, literature in #Estonian, Estonian books, Estonian literature, Estonian textbooks, #Estonia Эстонские книги, эстонская литература, учебники эстонского, Эстония 🇪🇪
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/892Норвежский язык, литература на норвежском языке
Norsk språk, litteratur på norsk, norske bøker, norsk litteratur, norske lærebøker, Norge, Norwegian language, literature in Norwegian, Norwegian books, Norwegian literature, Norwegian textbooks, Norway, Норвезька мова, література норвезькою мовою, норвезькі книги, норвезька література, норвезька підручники, Норвегія, норвежские книги, норвежская литература, учебники норвежского, Норвегия 🇳🇴
#Норвежский язык,
#Norsk språk, #litteratur på norsk, #norske bøker, #norsk litteratur, #norske lærebøker, #Norge, #Norwegian language, #literature in Norwegian, #Norwegian books, #Norwegian literature, #Norwegian textbooks, #Norway
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/891Вьетнамский язык, Tiếng Việt, sách bằng tiếng Việt.
книги на вьетнамском языке. Vietnamese language, books in Vietnamese. В'єтнамська мова, книги в'єтнамською мовою. 🇻🇳
#Вьетнамский язык, #Tiếng Việt, #sách bằng tiếng Việt.
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/890Непальский язык, नेपाली भाषा, नेपाली भाषामा पुस्तकहरू।
книги на непальском языке. Непальська мова, книги непальською мовою. Nepali Language books in Nepali language. 🇳🇵
#Непальскийязык, #नेपालीभाषा, #नेपाली #भाषामा #पुस्तकहरू।
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/889Icelandic Language
Исландский язык Íslensk tunga Ісландська мова Исландия 🇮🇸
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/888Celtic languages (Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Breton)
#Celtic languages (#Irish, #Scottish #Gaelic, #Welsh, #Breton)
Кельтські мови (ірландська, шотландська гельська, валлійська, бретонська). Кельтские языки (ирландский, шотландский гэльский, валлийский, бретонский), книги на кельтских языках, Шотландия Ирландия. Keltnesk tungumál (írska, skosk gelíska, velska, bretónska), bækur á keltneskum tungumálum. Cànanan Ceilteach (Gaeilge, Gàidhlig na h-Alba, Cuimris, Breatannais), leabhraichean ann an cànanan Ceilteach. 🇮🇪
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/887Датский язык, датская литература
книги на датском языке. Danish language, Danish literature, books in Danish. Deense taal, Deense literatuur, boeken in het Deens. Датська мова, датська література книги датською мовою. 🇩🇰
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/886Люксембургский язык
Luxembourgish Language, Люксембурзька мова Lëtzebuergesch 🇱🇺
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/885Литва. Литовский язык, литовская литература, книги на литовском языке. Учебники, история, философия, литература, архитектура.
Lietuva. Lietuvių kalba, lietuvių literatūra, knygos lietuvių kalba. Vadovėliai, istorija, filosofija, literatūra, architektūra, dvarai. LiШэнизм
Китайская народная религия (кит. трад. 中國民間信仰, упр. 中国民间信仰, пиньинь Zhōngguó mínjiān xìnyăng, палл. Чжунго миньцзянь синьян) или шэнизм (от кит. 神, пиньинь shén, палл. шэнь «божество, дух») — комплекс религиозных представлений, сложившихся в ходе исторического развития китайской цивилизации. Является эклектическим сочетанием религиозных верований и практик, основанных, прежде всего, на почитании предков и сил природы, добрых и злых духов, а также Неба; примерно к XI веку сложился синкретизм, основанный на буддийских представлениях о карме и перерождении, а также даосском учении об иерархии богов.
религии, верования, учения, religions, beliefs, teachings, Китай, China, релігії, вірування, вчення
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/873Эсперанто, Esperanto, Есперанто
foreign languages, fiction, world foreign language foreign literature, иностранные языки, художественная литература, мировая иноязычная зарубежная литература, іноземні мови, художня література, світова іншомовна зарубіжна література, fremdaj lingvoj, fikcio, monda fremdlingva fremda literaturo.
#Эсперанто, #Esperanto, #Есперанто
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/872Книги на испанском языке Libros en español
зарубежная литература, художественная литература, испанская литература, испаноязычная литература, испанский язык, Испания, латинская америка, мировая литература, испанский, literatura extranjera, ficción, literatura española, literatura en lengua española, lengua española, españa, américa latina, literatura mundial, español, Books in Spanish, foreign literature, fiction, Spanish literature, Spanish-language literature, Spanish language, Spain, Latin America, world literature, Spanish, Книги іспанською мовою, зарубіжна література, художня література, іспанська література, іспаномовна література, іспанська мова, Іспанія, латинська америка, світова література, іспанська 🇪🇸
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/871Книги на испанском языке Libros en español архивы архіви archives archivo
зарубежная литература, художественная литература, испанская литература, испаноязычная литература, испанский язык, #Испания, #латинскаяамерика, #мироваялитература, #испанский, #literatura extranjera, #ficción, #literatura española, literatura en lengua española, #lengua española, #españa, #américa latina, #literatura mundial, #español, Books in Spanish, #foreign literature, fiction, #Spanish literature, Spanish-language literature, Spanish language, #Spain, Latin America, world literature, Spanish, Книги іспанською мовою, #зарубіжналітература, #художнялітература, #іспанськалітература, іспаномовна література, #іспанськамова, #Іспанія, #латинськаамерика, #світовалітература, #іспанська 🇪🇸
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/870Биоакустика и биомагнетизм, Bioacoustics and biomagnetism, Біоакустика
биологическая акустика біологічна акустика biological acoustics, наука, физика, биология, коммуникация животных, звук, science, physics, biology, animal communication, sound,
#Bioacoustics and #biomagnetism, #Біоакустика
#биологическаяакустика #біологічнаакустика #biological acoustics, #наука, #физика, #биология, #коммуникация животных, #звук, #science, #physics, #biology, #animal communication, #sound
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/869Акустика Acoustics Acustica
физика звук, аудио фізика, аудіо Acoustics physics sound, audio Fizyka akustyczna dźwięk 🔉
#Акустика #Acoustics #Acustica
#физика #звук, #аудио #фізика, #аудіо #Acoustics #physics #sound, #audio #Fizyka #akustyczna #dźwięk
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/868Психолингвистика, Psycholinguistics, Психолінгвістика
психология, лингвистика, психологія, лінгвістика, psychology, linguistics
#Психолингвистика, #Psycholinguistics, #Психолінгвістика
#психология, #лингвистика, #психологія, #лінгвістика, #psychology, #linguistics
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/867Книги на каталонском языке
4250 llibres ebooks epubs en catala
Llibres en català Books in Catalan Catalonia, Каталанский язык, каталонский язык валенсийский язык, valencià Libros en catalán Книги каталонською мовою мировая литература, зарубежная литература, художественная литература, каталонская литература, зарубіжна література, художня література, каталонська література, foreign literature, fiction, Catalan literature, literatura estrangeСтарославянский язык
Old Slavonic language
языки, лингвистика, филология славянский
#языки, #лингвистика, #филология #славянский
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/858Архитектура Architecture
журналы, периодика Architecture magazines, periodicals 🏠
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/857IRC bookz archives архивы
Художественная литература на английском языке
англоязычная художественная литература, Художня література англійською мовою, Fiction in English (это ужасно), Ficsean sa Bheurla, Ficsean i mbéarla
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/856IRC bookz Художественная литература на английском языке
англоязычная художественная литература, Художня література англійською мовою, Fiction in English (это ужасно), Ficsean sa Bheurla, Ficsean i mbéarla
#IRC bookz #IRC
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/855Художественная литература на английском языке
Fiction in English
англоязычная художественная литература, Художня література англійською мовою, Fiction in English (это ужасно), Ficsean sa Bheurla, Ficsean i mbéarla
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/854Книги
книжное дело, библиофилия, книгопечатанье, книги про книги, книги о книгах библиотековедение + архивы, архивное дело библиография библиотечное дело библиотеки 📚
#Книги
#книжное дело, #библиофилия, #книгопечатанье,
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/853CA, cellular automata, клеточные автоматы
математика, моделирование самоорганизации, дискретные модели
#CA, #cellular automata, #клеточныеавтоматы
#математика, #моделирование #самоорганизации, #дискретныемодели
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/852Радио электроника радиотехника Radio electronics
журнал журналы периодика magazine periodicals Радиолюбитель, Радио всем, Радиофронт HackSpace Practical Wireless Elektronika dla Wszystkich 📻
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/851Радио электроника радиотехника Radio electronics
журнал журналы периодика magazine periodicals Радиолюбитель, Радио всем, Радиофронт HackSpace Practical Wireless Elektronika dla Wszystkich 📻
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Argyll & Isles Online Heritage Cafe with Dr Alasdair Whyte
29 July, free onlineThe July online Heritage cafe will host Dr Alasdair Whyte, singer, writer & research fellow in Celtic & Gaelic at the University of Glasgow.
Dr Whyte will be speaking about the songs & music of Argyll & Bute, & how they can help us understand the history & heritage of this part of Scotland.
#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #song #folksong #music #history #musichistory #heritage
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Tastes like hay and honey and a little like the meadow's own sweat. A blood-mover. An old friend to the lymph.
My grandmother never called it a phytoestrogen.
She'd have said it cools the blood, and she'd have been right on the merits.
What do you reach for when the blood runs hot?
#Herbalism #RedClover #HerbalMedicine #Foraging #FolkMedicine #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Apothecary #Plants #Druid #Pagan #QueerWitch #WildCrafting #Botany
More in today's Gathering: https://twp.ai/4hsg75
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Red clover — seamrag dhearg. Pick the blossoms in full sun after the dew burns off, when the heads are dry and springy and the bees have had their turn.
Steep a heaping tablespoon in near-boiling water, covered, ten minutes. Covered matters — that's the whole medicine going up your ceiling otherwise.
#Herbalism #RedClover #HerbalMedicine #Foraging #FolkMedicine #Gaelic #ScottishGaelic #Apothecary #Plants #Druid #Pagan #QueerWitch #WildCrafting #Botany
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It asks nothing but a weedy sunny corner. What do you reach for when a hard week rattles your heart?
#Herbalism #HerbalMedicine #Motherwort #Foraging #Druid #Plants #Apothecary #Gaelic #Pride #QueerNews #Nature #Solidarity #FolkMedicine
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An iarmailt cho soilleir tana
mar gum biodh am brat-sgàile air a reubadh
’s an Cruthaidhear ’na shuidhe am fianuis a shluaigh
aig a’ bhuntàt ’s a sgadan…—Ruaraidh MacThòmais, “Leodhas as t-Samhradh”
published in Scottish Religious Poetry: 6th century to the presenthttps://standrewpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/9781800830479/scottish-religious-poetry
#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Summer #Lewis #Hebrides
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How does it begin?
With the piper’s drone
with the coarse fabric of the land…“Ben Dorain: An Ecopoetic Translation”, HUMANITIES 8/2, 2019
Garry MacKenzie on translating “Moladh Beinn Dóbhrain” into a 21st-century ecopoem
4/5
https://doi.org/10.3390/h8020113
#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #poem #poetry #18thcentury #translation #ecopoetry
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Spirituality & Religious Studies @spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com@spiritualityreligiousstudies.wordpress.com ·Banshees
A banshee (Bean si in Modern Irish & ben side, in Old Irish, meaning “woman of the fairy mound,” or “fairy woman”) is a female spirit in Irish folklore who heralds the death of a family member. She usually does this by screaming, wailing, shrieking, or keening. Keening is a traditional form of vocal lament for the dead in the Gaelic Celtic tradition. This is known to have taken place in Ireland & Scotland.
Banshees are strongly associated with specific Irish families. The belief is that the banshee is a family spirit attached to a particular lineage. Her mournful wail/cry is heard only by family members as a warning of an imminent death.
Another of the banshee characteristics is their unwavering attachment to certain Gaelic families such as the O’Neills, O’Brians, O’Connors, O’Grady, & Kavanaghs, among others. Some traditions hold that the banshee is the ghost. This is perhaps a mother of a famous poet/singer from the family who died tragically. In this sense, she’s an ancestral spirit tied to the bloodline & the land.
She appears or is heard only to mourn & warn the family of an impending death. Often before anyone has received news of it. This direct, specific role makes her an inherently familiar guardian or omen for that clan/family.
They aren’t family pets, the banshees presence is a known, if terrifying, part of the family’s history & destiny, linking her fate to theirs across generations.
A banshee is an autonomous entity, a powerful fairy-woman (bean sidhe) or ghost, isn’t under the control of any living person.
Sometimes she has long streaming hair, which she may be seen combing, with some legends specifying she can only be keen while combing her hair. She wears a gray cloak over a green dress. Her eyes are red from continual weeping. She’s sometimes dressed in white with red hair & a ghastly complexion.
In Ireland & parts of Scotland, a traditional part of mourning is the keening woman (bean chaointe), who wails a lament. This keening woman may be a professional, in some cases. The best Keeners would be in high demand.
Irish legends talks about a lament being sung by a fairy woman, or banshee. She would sing it when a family member died or was about to die. Even if the person had died far away & news of their death hasn’t come yet. In those cases, her wailing would be the 1st warning the household had of the death.
The banshee is also a predictor of death. If someone is about to enter a situation where it’s unlikely they’ll come out alive, she’ll warn people by screaming/wailing. This gives rise to the banshee also being known as a wailing woman. The banshee was also linked with the death coach. The banshee is said to either summon the death coach with her keening or travel in tandem with it.
When several banshees show up at 1 time, it usually indicates the death of someone holy or great. The story sometimes tells that the woman (though called a fairy) was a ghost. She’s often a specific murdered woman, or a man who passed away in childbirth.
In some parts of Leinster, she’s referred to as the bean chaointe or ban nigheachain (“little washerwoman”) or nigheag na h-ath (“little washer at the ford”). She’s seen washing bloodstained clothes or armor of those who are about to die.
In Welsh folklore, there’s also a similar being known as the cyhyraeth. The cyhyraeth gives a disembodied moaning voice before the person’s passing.
Some sources suggest that the banshees Laments only the descendants of pure Milesian stock of Ireland. The Milesians were the final race to settle in Ireland. The original belief appears to be associated with a number of ancient Irish families. According to tradition, a banshee wouldn’t lament or visit someone of Saxon or Norman descent or those who came to Ireland later.
Most, not all, of the last names associated with banshees have the “O” or “Mc/Mac” prefix. That means people with the last names of Goidelic origin. This means a family native to the Insular Celtic lands. Rather than those of the Norse, Anglo-Saxon, or Norman.
There are some exceptions to the banshee lore. A banshee may lament a person who’s been gifted with music & song.
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Poor nutrition is endangering female Gaelic athletes’ health and performance, says study – The Irish Times
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Nutrition #camogie #dublin-city-university #gaelic-players-association-gpa #international-olympic-committee #ladies-gaelic-football-association-lgfa #nutrition #technological-university-of-the-shannon #women-in-sport
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2251255/poor-nutrition-is-endangering-female-gaelic-athletes-health-and-performance-says-study-the-irish-times/ -
“The richness of Donnchadh Bàn’s language becomes a metaphor for the richness of nature... The poem is a song & the music itself becomes a metaphor for the co-existence of different forms of life”
—Meg Bateman introduces Ben Dorain: a conversation with a mountain, by Garry MacKenzie, (Irish Pages Press/Cló An Mhíl Bhuí, 2021)
2/4
https://irishpages.org/in-praise-of-ben-dorain/?v=7885444af42e
#Scottish #literature #poetry #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #18thcentury #ecology #environment #ecopoetry
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⚔️🛡️ Tha Glaschu air a dhol air toiseach air na Bulls!
⚔️🛡️ #GlasgowWarriors take the lead
#WhateverItTakes #WeAreWarriors #BULvGLA #Rugbaidh #Rugby #URC #URCRugby @rugby #Glaschu #Glasgow
#Gàidhlig #Gaelic @gaidhlig -
Dear Friends of the yet to be lobster instance,
As we might know. Starting ones own homey #server is not easy. Not for those of us using #Rebel #Alliance modified hardware, designed by Daath Gateus from #MicrobeSith or MicroSofteeLuvlies or whatever they are #marketing and ad bombing their #loyal #sheeple with. 😆
No dear friends, some of us only have a #penguin, #Baby #Grogu and the Guinness #Farce is barely with us. All we can do is speak in garlic or #Gaelic (fluent #gibberish in my case) :ablobcatgoogly:
BUT SOMEHOW...
In a galaxy chocolate not so far away...
I haz:
1. #Created a second #admin #account due to being locked out from MY own #Ryzen powered cheapo '#Windows Only' server. The #Audacity of it :ablobcatbongokeyboard:(also available as a great Free recording software for many of us)
2. Changed my default search engine from #SithGoogle to #Startpage
3. Seem to be having some #uck with #Cockpit #server (maybe, perhaps, almost)
And that is a vast #improvement, over my morning venting, fuming and swearing to the gods of the internet. Just needed some #breakfast. In case you are wondering it was a multivitamin tablet and #suarkruat on Vogel bread and a pot of tea. Everything is #tickety-boo. I will even talk to the dark #siddhi mistresses and masters, mmm... well maybe not too much. :anarchy: -
77’ Tràidh air a shlànachadh (Smith)
28 HAR - GLA 24
#HARvGLA #Rugbaidh #Rugby #CupaNanCuraidhean #ChampionsCup #Harlequins #WhateverItTakes #Spòrs #Sports #CleachdI #Gàidhlig #Gaelic
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Cac! 75’ Tràidh do Harlequins (Riley)
26 HAR - GLA 24
#HARvGLA #Rugbaidh #Rugby #CupaNanCuraidhean #ChampionsCup #Harlequins #WhateverItTakes #Spòrs #Sports #CleachdI #Gàidhlig #Gaelic
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59’ Peanas do Ghlaschu! (Horne)
21 HAR - GLA 24
#HARvGLA #Rugbaidh #Rugby #CupaNanCuraidhean #ChampionsCup #Harlequins #WhateverItTakes #Spòrs #Sports #CleachdI #Gàidhlig #Gaelic
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53’ Tràidh air a shlànachadh! (Horne)
21 HAR - GLA 21
#HARvGLA #Rugbaidh #Rugby #CupaNanCuraidhean #ChampionsCup #Harlequins #WhateverItTakes #Spòrs #Sports #CleachdI #Gàidhlig #Gaelic
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51’ Tràidh do Ghlaschu! (Horne)
21 HAR - GLA 19
#HARvGLA #Rugbaidh #Rugby #CupaNanCuraidhean #ChampionsCup #Harlequins #WhateverItTakes #Spòrs #Sports #CleachdI #Gàidhlig #Gaelic
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50’ Tràidh air a shlànachadh! (Horne)
21 HAR - GLA 14
#HARvGLA #Rugbaidh #Rugby #CupaNanCuraidhean #ChampionsCup #Harlequins #WhateverItTakes #Spòrs #Sports #CleachdI #Gàidhlig #Gaelic
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49’ Tràidh do Ghlaschu! (Matthews)
21 HAR - GLA 12
#HARvGLA #Rugbaidh #Rugby #CupaNanCuraidhean #ChampionsCup #Harlequins #WhateverItTakes #Spòrs #Sports #CleachdI #Gàidhlig #Gaelic
