Meaning of fairy rath | Babel Free

Definitions

A circular meadow surrounded by a wall or mound, inhabited by fairies.

Irish

Examples

“One gable of it was formed by the mound of a fairy Rath, against which the cabin stood endwise[.]”

“A woman of the Speen Tereen tribe, loved of a Peri, was taken away for five months to some fairy rath in Ginnistan, or elf-land, and, when restored, she was a “wise woman,” and had the gift of discovering where stolen things were, so that people came from distances to consult her.”

“The poet in a vision sees a queenly maiden of exquisite beauty and grace sitting lonely and weeping on some fairy rath by moonlight, by the side of a softly flowing stream, or by the wall of some ruined castle of ancient splendor. He is at first confounded by her beauty.”

“No wise peasant would hum “The Pretty Girl milking the Cow” near a fairy rath, for they are jealous, and do not like to hear their songs on clumsy mortal lips.”

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