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A cat has nine lives....sure! Where were all the "cat people" on this one?


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Fairies. In order to see the fairies, a person is directed to put “nine grains of wheat on a
four-leaved clover.”


Celtic lore? Rubrick?




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Rubrick told us there was no such thing as a four-leaf clover [notchortle]. I'm sure I've seen one before!! Any botanists out there?


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I'm with you, ASp -- used to have a four-leafed clover pressed in the pages of my Webster's Collegiate (7th ed.) [under hoodoo]


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Any botanists out there?

there's never one when you want one, then four'll come along at once...

and yeah, I've pict em in Wales [notwink]


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Rubrick told us there was no such thing as a four-leaf clover

The old song tells us we can overlook that, AnnaS - was it look over it???


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Be sure to click through the sevens continuation links at the bottom right of the page. This is the first one:

E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.

Seven Bibles (The) or Sacred Books.

(1) The Bible of Christians. (Canon completed A.D. 494; Old Testament as we have it, B.C. 130.)
(2) The Eddas of the Scandinavians.
(3) The Five Kings of the Chinese. “King” here means web-of-cloth on which they were
originally written.
(4) The Koran of the Mohammedans. (Seventh century, A.D.)
(5) The Tri Pitikes of the Buddhists. (Sixth century B.C.)
(6) The Three Vedas of the Hindûs. (Twelfth century B.C.)
(7) Zendavesta of the Persians. (Twelfth century B.C.)


The Eddas of the Scandinavians really piques my interest since I'm unfamiliar with it. I'll be researching. In the meantime, if anyone has something on this, please share.


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Celtic lore? Rubrick?

Celtic Lore? Hell, no. I think we have more imagination than that!!!

Blame us for Shebeens, leprechauns, banshees and St. Patrick's snakes (not to mention shelalaghs, Fionn MacChumhaill, Fir bolg, Na Fianna, high kings, Lughnasa, Samhain and tors). We deal with legends and sagas - not trite luck symbols!

I think the flc is a derivation of the shamrock so there-in lies the connection with the Green Isle. If there is an affiliation with Ireland I sure haven't heard of it. Can anyone put me right on this??


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we can overlook that, AnnaS - was it look over it???

Speaking for the ASp: Yes


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