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Subject: RE: LAGAN LOVE QUERY From: Ian HP Date: 26 Jul 98 - 01:53 PM Thanks, Alison - it seems you are kind of right. I have just discovered that "soot" - (pron. "suit", the "oo" as in "fool") means sweet. Thanks a lot, everyone. |
Subject: RE: LAGAN LOVE QUERY From: alison Date: 25 Jul 98 - 09:22 PM Hi, Just a suggestion, could it be soot as in suitor, ie. he'll take his affections elsewhere? Just a thought Slainte ALison |
Subject: RE: LAGAN LOVE QUERY From: Ian HP Date: 25 Jul 98 - 02:35 PM Thanks a lot, folks, that's a geeat help. Anyone for verse 3 - "And when I stir my soot to go" - is this a typo? should it be "foot to go"? If not, what does "soot" mean here? |
Subject: RE: LAGAN LOVE QUERY From: alison Date: 25 Jul 98 - 01:43 AM Hi anne, well that would make it "fairy lover"(shee being fairy..... like banshee (bean- woman, shee - fairy)) Slainte Alison |
Subject: RE: LAGAN LOVE QUERY From: Anne Cormack Date: 24 Jul 98 - 09:38 AM The version I have uses the words "like a love sick leman she" "leman" is an old word for "lover" from what I have been told |
Subject: RE: LAGAN LOVE QUERY From: Martin Ryan Date: 24 Jul 98 - 06:30 AM Alison Yes! I'll give you that one - I'm too literal, as usual! Regards |
Subject: RE: LAGAN LOVE QUERY From: alison Date: 23 Jul 98 - 09:10 PM Hi, According to my book a "leanan si" is a fairy mistress. I have a different 4 lines at the end of the 3rd verse.
when she was only fairy small Isn't a "shieling" like a barn or cottage. Slainte Alison
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Subject: RE: LAGAN LOVE QUERY From: Martin Ryan. Date: 23 Jul 98 - 08:41 PM "leanan si" is "fairy child". Regards |
Subject: RE: LAGAN LOVE QUERY From: alison Date: 23 Jul 98 - 08:35 PM Hi, the Lagan is a river in Northern Ireland which flows through Belfast. It was used for transport and the Lagan towpath still exists and is a lovely place to walk as it goes through some very nice countryside. Many's a time I've canoed there. I'll see what my books say on the other words later. Slainte Alison |
Subject: LAGAN LOVE QUERY From: Ian HP Date: 23 Jul 98 - 01:53 PM On Lagan Love on the database there are attempts to explain some words. Can anyone offer any explanation (or explanation futher to the database) on the meaning of: verse 1 - "like a love-sick lennan-shee" verse 2 - "I steal unto her shieling lorn / And thru the dorring peep" verse 3 - "And when I stir my soot to go" (is this a typo? should it be "foot to go"?) And is Lagan the name of a place? Any help anyone? |
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