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Thread #1421   Message #2381169
Posted By: GUEST,sheehy
04-Jul-08 - 03:35 PM
Thread Name: Ride On (from Christy Moore)
Subject: RE: Ride On (from Christy Moore)
The remonstrance above to learn Gaelic to find the key to the lyrics probably refers to the gaelic name for the fairy folk, "Sidhe," which is pronounced "shee." In the old folktales, people became infatuated with the sidhe and were carried off and never seen again.