Re: Triad # 65
TopazOwl

Sat Jan 16 11:35:06 1999
Searles wrote,*p*: Gort can mean a field  (arable or pasture land). A field of *br*: battle.. Land, territory. A corn crop, standing corn. Ivy. *br*: Fir. The Ogham G.*br*:*br*: Salach can mean dirty, foul, though it seems to be more *br*: applied to things that are impure, vicious, or defiled, *br*: profane. *p*     So it may be better for understanding if this translation read "...a defiled field..." or maybe even better, "...a contaminated field..." Husbandry is farming, basically, so I would tend to go with a non-usable land interpretation.*p*: Iarmar -  posterity, remnant, survivors. In a derogatory *br*: sense: leavings, refuse.. *br*:*br*: Cléithe has a wide variety of meanings; everything from a *br*: tree or a ridge pole, to a warrior band, to hiding, or *br*: concealing, to a fence, a palisade or a hurdle. *p*     Iarmar cléithe would then be, loosely, a dirty or unkempt barnyard or the yard surrounding the dwellings.*p*: Tech usually means a  house as in the House of Donn, Tech *br*: Duinn..*br*: .*br*: Dithlennach means full of sparks; sparkling, brilliant.*br*:*br*: The Traid could be read as:*br*:*br*: Three misfortunes of a dwelling: an impure land,  hidden *br*: refuse, and a house full of sparks.*p*     Or: Three misfortunes of a farm: contaminated land, a dung-heap inside the palisade or fence, and a house full of sparks. :-)*p*     These things are certainly about cleaning up your act! Things can't grow in contaminated or barren land, it would be unpleasant and unhealthy to have animal (or human) droppings unused inside the palisade that surrounds the living area (it should be gathered and used beneficially on crops -- on that barren land!), and if the fuel of your fire creates a house full of sparks, one is also careless with the fire and the fuel may be unsuitable. I am thinking that green wood creates sparks and burns inefficiently. More poor husbandry; not allowing your firewood to cure long enough.*p*: If we look at these thre meanings, I think we can see that *br*: what the Triad is trying to say is that a home or an abode *br*: is poisoned by the environment in which it is established (a *br*: land that is divided against itself or that has lost its *br*: spiritual awareness), the baggage that it inherits *br*: (prejudices and a loss of respect in the way of living) and *br*: the potential for destruction that can occur from the *br*: frictions that arise from these causes (hence the sparks... *br*: something we see in flame wars that often happen on lists *br*: and news groups of the Internet, though I'm sure that the *br*: Triad means an unstable and viscious environment).*p*     I think that on a non-superficial level you're right, and hey, many of the lists and newsgroups certainly do have an unstable and vicious environment, for the very reasons you mention. *p*: I think this Triad could apply in this sense both to the *br*: current environments of the United States (in the *br*: impeachment hearings and partisan politics), Ireland (the *br*: troubles) and Israel (the Palestinian question).  If we wish *br*: to have fortune in our dwellings, then we must heal our land *br*: and re-evaluate our basic beliefs and practices.  I am *br*: reminded of the wasting of the king in the search for the *br*: Grail.*p*     Yes, keeping the land in balance for the optimum prosperity of the people and other beings it supports. When the land suffers, everyone suffers, and that is the unfortunate thing. That is what this triad is all about -- doing things right.*p*Leigh
Re: Triad # 65
Searles
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Sat Jan 16 04:27:31 1999