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Thread #39720   Message #3098079
Posted By: Bonnie Shaljean
18-Feb-11 - 12:57 PM
Thread Name: Origins of O'Carolan tune
Subject: RE: Origins of O'Carolan tune
It means "the great hill" and "the small hill" and the legend concerns a rivalry between the fairies that lived on each of them. It began with a small insult, which was returned by a slightly larger insult, and the feud escalated until the two sides would have annihilated each other. It was only when a third enemy confronted both of them that they united to battle the new foe in common.