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Date Posted: 20:17:18 12/03/11 Sat
Author: cg
Subject: That s/b 'believed' up there. Also the older you get the more you come to realize how very full of sadness the world is, so the fairies, from their POV are being merciful in leading this human child away from that world into theirs. Sorry if this isn't terribly smart sounding, I've just come back from a long day of Christmas shopping and a rather foggy, harrowing two hour ride home.
In reply to: cg 's message, "I think the human child is all humans, not just those that are chronologically children. Because this is Yeats, I think he's sticking close to the Irish fairy traditions. Even adults at this time believe you could be stolen away by the fairies, not just children. There were places you weren't to be after dark, roads you didn't walk, and you dang sure didn't go near a fairy mound after twilight. Yet, one can be haunted by the beauty of the idea of being lured beyond this world into that. I read a book a few years back called 'The Burning of Bridget Cleary' where a man killed his wife because he believe the fairies had possessed her and left him with only her body- she was just very ill at the time." on 20:14:25 12/03/11 Sat


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