Re: Triad # 65
Searles

Sat Jan 16 04:27:31 1999
Here's what the words can mean in Old Irish from the Dictionary of the Irish Language (DIL):*p*Dodcad (dorcaid) is used for ill luck, misfortune *p*Trebtas is a farm or a dwelling*p*Gort can mean a field  (arable or pasture land). A field of battle.. Land, territory. A corn crop, standing corn. Ivy. Fir. The Ogham G.*p*Salach can mean dirty, foul, though it seems to be more applied to things that are impure, vicious, or defiled, profane. *p*Iarmar -  posterity, remnant, survivors. In a derogatory sense: leavings, refuse.. *p*Cléithe has a wide variety of meanings; everything from a tree or a ridge pole, to a warrior band, to hiding, or concealing, to a fence, a palisade or a hurdle. *p*Tech usually means a  house as in the House of Donn, Tech Duinn..*br*.*br*Dithlennach means full of sparks; sparkling, brilliant.*p*The Traid could be read as:*p*Three misfortunes of a dwelling: an impure land,  hidden refuse, and a house full of sparks.*p*If we look at these thre meanings, I think we can see that what the Triad is trying to say is that a home or an abode is poisoned by the environment in which it is established (a land that is divided against itself or that has lost its spiritual awareness), the baggage that it inherits (prejudices and a loss of respect in the wayof living) and the potential for destruction that can occur from the frictions that arise from these causes (hence the sparks... something we see in flame wars that often happen on lists and news groups of the Internet, though I'm sure that the Triad means an unstable and viscious environment).*p*I think this Triad could apply in this sense both to the current environments of the United States (in the impeachment hearings and partisan politics), Ireland (the troubles) and Israel (the Palestinian question).  If we wish to have fortune in our dwellings, then we must heal our land and re-evaluate our basic beliefs and practices.  I am reminded of the wasting of the king in the search for the Grail.*p*Searles*p**p*TopazOwl wrote,*br*: Triad # 65:*br*:*br*: "Trí dotcaid threbtha: gort salach, iamur cléithe, tech *br*: drithlennach."*br*:*br*: Meyer's translation:*br*:*br*: "Three unfortunate things of husbandry: a dirty field, *br*: leavings of the hurdle, a house full of sparks."*br*:*br*<snip>
Triad # 65
TopazOwl
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Fri Jan 15 18:36:21 1999