Re: Celtic Stories (something to talk about)

[Padraic Brown <pbrown@nova.umuc.edu>]

On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, Clinton Moreland-Stringham wrote:

> On Sun, 21 Jun 1998, Sally Caves wrote:
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> > hand, and six hundred with the left.  Strong women goddesses, like Medb
>                                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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> 	As opposed to the man goddesses, I suppose. ;}

Well, that way there can be _no_ mistakes. :-)

> 
> 
> > usually only three lines long, that encapsulate portions of the narrative.
> > In Welsh they're called _englynion_.  I forget what they're called in
> > Irish. 
> 
> 	roscanna?

Lehmann call the poetic form in McDatho's Pig "deibide, the cut stanza". 
I believe it's applicable to such poems in general; as they do say that
"deibide meter...is that common in Irish story".

> 
> 	Clinton
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Padraic.