the second fish

[David Dalton]

Since early waxing crescent will soon be here I figured I
would post the following excerpt from my Salmon on the Thorns
web page, with minor updates:


The Silver Bough thumb

Once in 1996 or 1997 I thumbed at random a book on Scottish folklore
called The Silver Bough Vol. 1 by F. Marian McNeill. It came out to a
page with this poem on it:

Ri faicinn domh na gealaich uir,
Is duth domh mo shuil a thogail.
Is duth domh ma ghlun a leagail,
Is duth domh mo cheann a bhogadh,

Toir cliu dhuit fein, a re nan iul,
Gum faca mi thu a rithist,
Gum faca mi a ghealach ur,
Ailleagan iuil na slighe.

Is iomadh neach a chaidh a null
Eadar uine an da ghealaich,
Ged tha mise a' mealtainn fuinn,
A re nan re 's nam beannachd!


which translates as:


When I see the new moon,
It becomes me to life mine eye,
It becomes me to bend my knee,
It becomes me to bow my head.

Giving thee praise, thou moon of guidance,
That I have seen thee again,
That I have seen the new moon,
The lovely leader of the way.

Many a one has passed beyond
In the time between the two moons,
Though I am still enjoying earth,
Thou moon of moons and of blessings!


Now in that I think new moon refers not to the modern new moon
or dark of moon but the early waxing crescent moon or first
horn of moon. For a while I thought that significant to me
since I thought a new age would begin in early waxing moon or
I would be released from my low years in early waxing moon.
(and that could still be true since I am not yet out of the
low years). Another interpretation is that it could be about
having gone through an intense waning crescent high and now
being back to normalcy for early waxing crescent. But really
I just found it interesting and plan to research its signifance
and Scottish lunar traditions further in future and take the
thumbing as a sign I should do so. I would also like to know
who the author was and if the author was similar to me at all.

So anyway I hope that my low years, which have lasted 16.6
years so far instead of the usual 7 (of e.g. Thomas the Rhymer),
will end in this coming early waxing crescent moon,
the second horn of the bull (where the waning crescent moon
if the first horn, and dark of moon is the dark bull).

Also in the Christian story of seven loaves and two fish
the seven loaves could represent 7 years and the two fish
could be the waning crescent moon and the waxing crescent moon.

But there is another version with five loaves and two fish
which I said could mean the 5.5 lunar months from a waxing
gibbous moon trial onset to a waning crescent high onset
and (the two fish) the waning crescent moon and Jesus.

Right now I'm hoping the first interpretation is the correct one.

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http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/nf.html Newfoundland&Labrador Travel & Music
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"Here I go again...back into the flame" (Sarah McLachlan)

[A B]

"David Dalton" <dal...@nfld.com> wrote in message
news:dalton-661DD1....@news.eternal-september.org...

Actually the one with the seven loaves doesn't say how many fish, only "a
few small fishes".
The five loaves were the first time, to an audience of Jews; then the seven
loaves were when he did it again later in a Gentile area. I don't know if
that suggests anything to you, can't say it does to me.

Good luck!
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