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"Sidheseeker" <sidheseeker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>
> Einde O'Callaghan <einde.ocallaghan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>Sidheseeker wrote:
>>> WCB <republican@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On 14 Jul 2004 21:45:02 -0700, nitromill@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Evan-Josh Roose)
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>They're the little people.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Where do they come from?
>>>>
>>>>Tyr nan Og.
>>>
>>>
>>> Really..????
>>>
>>> and I always thought that was Tir na nOg
>>>
>>The place is called Tír na nÓg (the Land of the Young - usually
>>trsanslated as the land of Youth),
>
> Hmm.. seems I missed the fada on the ó.. (can't do caps) anyway
> you rarely see it written that way..
>>
I saw an explanation for where the word "leprechaun" comes from at
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=776176019snz%40maitiu.demon.co.uk&output=gplain
Evidently a derogatory term for a pagan quasi-deity that had long since
become part of superceded custom (give or take a bit of superstition here
and there that hasn't quite gone away).
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