Re: Update on progress: Re. Brehon Laws
Aicerno OCathasaigh
akiernox_ocasey@hotmail.com
Wed Nov 11 15:47:09 1998
Aicerno OCathasaigh wrote,*br*: Here is some curious discoveries I made by looking up some *br*: of the words in my 1995 edition of:*br*: Foclair Poca*br*: Irish-English*br*: English-Irish*br*: Dictionary.*br*:*br*: English:                          Irish:*br*:*br*: Tribe                             Aicme; treibh, treabhchas*br*:*br*: tribal                            Treabheach*br*:*br*: tribunal                          binse breithimh*br*:*br*: country, territory;*br*: laity; rural districts            tuath*br*:*br*: stranger, wanderer,*br*: exile; lonely person              deorai (sineadh fada over *br*: the 'i')                                   *br*:*br*: outsider                          coimhthioch, ean corr *br*: (sineadh fada*br*:                                   over the 'e')*br*:*br*: Are the words used in the source old, middle, or new Irish? *br*: Of course they might be legal terms, in which case it would *br*: require something beyond a standard pocket dictionary... *br*: That aside...*br*:*br*: Tuath = Territory/Tribe = Summerlands*br*: -> Deorad = outsider, or one who is not a member, and *br*: aurrad = a person who is of legal standing within the tuath, *br*: or a member of the Summerlands community -> Nemed = those *br*: persons in charge of a site within the tuath and/or through *br*: any means of educating the other members of the tuath -> *br*: base nemed = the other members of the Tuath.*br*: (I am not using the terms of Nemed and base nemed in sensu *br*: strictu. I am also using the terms as given by the source *br*: for the article*br*: "Celtic-L on Brehon Law").*p*Sear;es,*p*Also, the article on the Cairdean Cealteach Ameraegae(?) interested me... It was the first I had heard of such an agreement, and even with the few restrictions possibilities for such an group are unlimited....*br*I take it Summerlands is one of the tribes that make up the pact...*br*(Thinking) It will make the processing much easier for a codified law for an tuath de (land) de samhradh (The Summerlands) (I apologize, my Irish isn't perfect). The first thing, I think, would to establish a clan system within Summerlands, this going back to my point that there might be those who would be wishful of having such a set-up because they do not know if they belong to clan, or do not know what the functions of a clan are... Or for any other reasons.*p*The then established clans, would then permit a structured system to be established...*p*A person joins Summerlands and then chooses a clan to belong to within the summerlands community. The Responsibilities of the Clan are: To educate the new member in the ettiquette, rules, etc. of the tuath, as well as providing a place of support.*br*The new member's responsibilities are:......*p*This may be more complicated than the situation warrants at the time being, but may provide some useful ideas...*p*There will be more on the subject coming along...*p*Aicerno OCathasaigh*br*
Re: Update on progress: Re. Brehon Laws
Aicerno OCathasaigh
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Tue Nov  3 15:03:25 1998