#i'm irish

[captainsblogsupplemental]

Ew, are you British?

Ew, no

[v0id-c0rroded]

Haha England.

[drift-hobo]

Honestly, I think I might just adopt Liam O'Brien's Irish accent rather than use my own.

[thegodofhellfire]

[sam-spills-alot]

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[thelaughingpanda]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX3Z8qG7AKo

[yuri-alexseygaybitch]

Not to sound overly optimistic or idealist but watching all of these countries and peoples that suffered under colonial violence for years like South Africa, Ireland, Brazil etc. team up to prosecute zionists for their crimes is actually the most powerful and hopeful shit I've seen in a while. A new world really is possible and it's already happening.

[irishthings]

[vyorei]

Reminder that disabled people exist everywhere, including active warzones

Read the full article here:

[trans-cuchulainn]

Can’t agree more about that duolingo post you shared, the Irish course is *terrible*. Do you have any recommendations for other places to go to learn Irish for someone with practically no knowledge of the language?

dublin city university has asynchronous courses that run regularly on futurelearn, starting with irish 101 and going up to 208 (you might have to wait a little while for 101 to come around again because they don't all run simultaneously). they're a pretty good intro with more grammar explanations, written exercises, etc. my biggest issue with them was motivating myself to actually put the time in, because i found it tough to get through all the course in the amount of time i had available to give to them, but they're probably the best free online resource i know of, especially because they do have people there to answer questions and explain grammar

there are also various online courses on zoom etc but those tend to cost money. i do think after a certain point it's worth trying to get in an actual class (in person or online) for the conversation practice if nothing else, but something like the futurelearn courses is a good stepping stone to get going

for pure vocab, memrise has so far not fallen as far down the hole of "gamification of language apps at the expense of actual teaching" and you can make custom courses to learn vocab that you yourself actually need (e.g. lists from courses you're taking), but i know memrise is trying to push a new version of their "official" courses which may end up being at the expense of "community" courses (custom lists) so idk how long that'll last, and anyway it's more of a supplement to learning elsewhere than a way to learn in and of itself, in my experience

[weedle-testaburger]

i had a vision of a wonderful way to spite graham 'world's most divorced man' linehan

[queeringclassiclit]

Cú Chulainn

from the Ulster Cycle of Celtic Mythology

submitted by anon

[askchuuyanakahara]

Chuuya, if you hate Dazai so much, why did you share your curry with him? Why do you take care of him?

Chuuya: "He becomes more unsufferable when hungry. And I knew for certain that he hadn't eaten yet."

Dazai: "Oh~! I know!"

Chuuya: "More like you're like some freeloading cat who only comes around to be fed!"

Chuuya: "Seriously, with you guys, I do anything with anyone and suddenly it labelled as a 'date'.."

Chuuya: "Only if they don't mind-"

Chuuya: "O-oi! Dude, no one's taking your food! Calm down! You're gonna choke!"

Chuuya: "You're a new level of idiot. It honestly still surprises me sometimes."

Chuuya: "Does that coat of yours have like a hole or something?"

Chuuya: "What even is this?"

Dazai: "Don't read that. Please."

[dottie-n-stripes]

i'll teach you some irish today! thought it was fun i could transliterate their names...

daite agus straidhpeanna ("dah-tuh ah-gus stripe-ah-nuh" lit. 'colorful and stripes')

agus seiris fosta! ("ah-gus sheh-rish faw-sta" lit. 'and sherry too!')

[laurasimonsdaughter]

Guarding your name from the fae in folklore

The idea of fae stealing names is quite recent (I’m a big fan of new, modern folklore, x, y), but the idea that you have to guard your name so no one could (supernaturally) us it against you, is definitely a widespread folk belief. However, I’ve never encountered an actual folktale that says the fae or fairies in particular could have power over you if they knew your name. I’ve been looking for one for a long time (and if you know one please let me know!) but so far I’ve only come up with one example. So let's take a look:

The power of names

Like I said, the power of names is an old belief that shows up all over the world. Sometimes it’s linked with naming ceremonies like baptism. Sometimes hiding the name from others (witches, djinns, etc.) is what will protect you, sometimes the name itself will protect you (like being named after a saint or in reverence of a deity or spirit). Edward Clodd published a huge essay in 1898 investigating how widespread this name guarding practice is and how it links to folklore. Which, while obvioulsy dated, certainly gives an impression of how deep this belief goes (Tom Tit Tot; an essay on savage philosophy in folk-tale, Clodd, E., 1898).

Not all folk beliefs show up in folktales though and protagonists who refuse to tell their name are not a staple of European folklore, whether it concerns fae or other entities. In “The Soul Cages”, collected by T. Crofton Croker it’s even quite the opposite, as the protagonist and a firendly merrow deliberately call each other by their full names (Jack Dogherty and Coomara). And for ages I wasn't able to find a story that actually incorporated the belief of guarding your name against fae, until I read that huge essay.

Hiding your name from the fairies

In his book, Clodd mentions a single folktale in which it is mentioned that the fae are trying to learn someone’s real name. Sadly he does not tell it in full, but since it is the only real example of this concept I’ve able to find so far, I will give the full quote:

While these sheets are passing through the press, my friend Mr. W. B. Yeats hands me a letter from an Irish correspondent, who tells of a fairyhaunted old woman living in King's County. Her tormentors, whom she calls the "Fairy Band of Shinrone," come from Tipperary. They pelt her with invisible missiles, hurl abuse at her, and rail against her family, both the dead and the living, until she is driven well-nigh mad. And all this spite is manifested because they cannot find out her name, for if they could learn that, she would be in their power. Sometimes sarcasm or chaff is employed, and a nickname is given her to entrap her into telling her real name, — all which she freely talks about, often with fits of laughter. But the fairies trouble her most at night, coming in through the wall over her bed-head, which is no laughing matter; and then, being a good Protestant, she recites chapters and verses from the Bible to charm them away. And although she has been thus plagued for years, she still holds her own against the "band of Shinrone." (Clodd, 1889, p. 83-84).

This story fits the concept of keeping your name away from malicious fairies so you cannot truly fall under their power perfectly. Sadly I haven’t been able to find this story in Yeats’ own folklore collection, but it fulfills my criteria even so.

What I have been able to find many examples of, however, is the reverse trope. Namely that knowing a fairy’s name will give you power over them. I thought this only showed up in Rumplestiltskin-type stories, but it seems a little more widespread than that. Which is very exciting to me, and merits its own post. So stay tuned.

[pigeocore]

Hey, does anyone remember that one adult swim cartoon Ludo Studio did before Bluey about dogs in a metal band? Kinda weird no one's talking about it :/