Book meme stolen from extrafancyganza
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next seven sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST
"They denounced all such worship and under their influence, the old sacrificial religions of Ireland began to lose their favour. Nonetheless, Crom Dubh was not to be denied his annual quota of souls, and took on a physical form which became known as the dullahan or far dorocha (meaning dark man), the tangible embodiment of dealth.
Unlike the banshee, the dullahan does not pursue specific families and its call is a summoning of the sould of a dying person rather than a death warning. there is no real defense against he dullahan because he is death's herald. However, an artefact made of gold may frighten him away, for dullahan's appear to have an irrational fear of this precious metal. Even a small amount of gold may suffice to drive them off, as the following account from County Galway relates:
'A man was on his way home one night between Roundstone and Ballyconneely. It was just getting dark and, all of a sudden, he heard the sound of horse's hooves pounding along the road behind him. .... ' "
-From, "A Field Guide to Irish Fairies"
I think that's seven sentences anyway. That was the mathematically closest book to me. I had to check quite extensively, as I was sitting next to a bookcase. Kind of ironic that it mentioned banshees right in the middle there, I thought. I like it, it shows a lot of the more sinister side to celtic faery lore, but it's too much of a muddle between pagan and Christian folk beliefs. For example iron or a crucifix is supposed to guard you from various nasties, but that is taking an old belief and tacking a bit of Christianity on at the end so the priests wouldn't mind. Which is what happened to a lot of the old beliefs in this country, unfortunately.
2. Open the book to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next seven sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST
"They denounced all such worship and under their influence, the old sacrificial religions of Ireland began to lose their favour. Nonetheless, Crom Dubh was not to be denied his annual quota of souls, and took on a physical form which became known as the dullahan or far dorocha (meaning dark man), the tangible embodiment of dealth.
Unlike the banshee, the dullahan does not pursue specific families and its call is a summoning of the sould of a dying person rather than a death warning. there is no real defense against he dullahan because he is death's herald. However, an artefact made of gold may frighten him away, for dullahan's appear to have an irrational fear of this precious metal. Even a small amount of gold may suffice to drive them off, as the following account from County Galway relates:
'A man was on his way home one night between Roundstone and Ballyconneely. It was just getting dark and, all of a sudden, he heard the sound of horse's hooves pounding along the road behind him. .... ' "
-From, "A Field Guide to Irish Fairies"
I think that's seven sentences anyway. That was the mathematically closest book to me. I had to check quite extensively, as I was sitting next to a bookcase. Kind of ironic that it mentioned banshees right in the middle there, I thought. I like it, it shows a lot of the more sinister side to celtic faery lore, but it's too much of a muddle between pagan and Christian folk beliefs. For example iron or a crucifix is supposed to guard you from various nasties, but that is taking an old belief and tacking a bit of Christianity on at the end so the priests wouldn't mind. Which is what happened to a lot of the old beliefs in this country, unfortunately.