Séadna
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I've gotten some good stories together now and I'll start writing them out tomorrow, but I thought I'd squeeze in this one for today.
Source is UCD Folklore archives, Volume 978, pages 3-4 [Ediphone recording September 1945 with transcription]
Concerns a man (known to the storyteller, but now dead in 1945) who was a bit of a card player and often played the game called "Sheep" and cheated others at it, usually by not paying up when losing. As punishment in confession the local priest demanded he remain the night in the church for three nights.
However each midnight he looks out and sees a massive group of Fae outside having a mass. It's being conducted by a Priest doing readings and another giving communion and other minor functions.
Just an example of a common enough story where some of the Fae are shown as very religious and having masses within the bounds of a mortal church provided it is the middle of the night. They even have ordained priests. I think this common motif hasn't made its way into English and general fantasy usage of the Fae (though correct me if I am wrong)
The ability of the Fae to leave the confines of their mound, beach and cliff palaces for a small period around midnight will come up in the stories to follow.
Graveyard in front of the church where this mass was conducted:
Source is UCD Folklore archives, Volume 978, pages 3-4 [Ediphone recording September 1945 with transcription]
Concerns a man (known to the storyteller, but now dead in 1945) who was a bit of a card player and often played the game called "Sheep" and cheated others at it, usually by not paying up when losing. As punishment in confession the local priest demanded he remain the night in the church for three nights.
However each midnight he looks out and sees a massive group of Fae outside having a mass. It's being conducted by a Priest doing readings and another giving communion and other minor functions.
Just an example of a common enough story where some of the Fae are shown as very religious and having masses within the bounds of a mortal church provided it is the middle of the night. They even have ordained priests. I think this common motif hasn't made its way into English and general fantasy usage of the Fae (though correct me if I am wrong)
The ability of the Fae to leave the confines of their mound, beach and cliff palaces for a small period around midnight will come up in the stories to follow.
Graveyard in front of the church where this mass was conducted:
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