Ancient Irish Halloween Tale

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0:00	Sawan as the ancient Celtic close of the
0:03	year it's a time of cold and darkness as
0:05	winter approaches
0:07	it is Summer's end a nearly old nature
0:09	dies away
0:11	on someone's Eve the portals between the
0:14	living lands in the spirit Realms stand
0:16	open
0:17	you may pass into the sheatha the she
0:21	through the burial mounds and all the
0:22	places where the dead lie
0:25	but they can also emerge from these
0:26	places
0:28	that is why corpses and trophies of the
0:30	Dead hang on kibbets to warn off those
0:33	who might trespass and break the truce
0:35	between the living and the dead
0:38	nowadays the spirits rarely intrude into
0:40	our world
0:42	Andrea still do the living enter the
0:44	realm of the she
0:46	but some do
0:48	a narrow did
0:50	this is the ectrine era the other World
0:54	adventure of Nera
0:58	once our night king ayal and queen Maeve
1:02	were in Roth growing along with all the
1:05	Royal household of connect
1:07	and they prepared their great feast in
1:09	the ground Hall
1:10	a connect is the fifth portion of
1:13	Ireland the nearest to the Setting Sun
1:16	on a wenagat the passage to the other
1:19	world lies right next to their Royal
1:21	stronghold
1:23	so the connect men must take special
1:25	Care on sowin night
1:29	the day before the Sawan feast
1:31	two enemy captives had been hung on the
1:33	Boundary Road
1:35	during the festivities
1:37	it was custom for the chief to set out a
1:40	challenge
1:41	so Al says
1:43	will any man go to that gallows tree now
1:47	will any Warrior dare tie a fresh green
1:49	Willow knot around the foot of the
1:51	hanged one
1:53	for the man who does this can claim from
1:56	me any reward he wishes
2:00	now the darkness and horror of that
2:02	night were great
2:03	wrongful Spirits always appear at sowin
2:07	each of the Champions are connect went
2:09	out alone into the darkness to try his
2:12	courage
2:13	but soon all came back to the far side
2:16	in the Royal Hall
2:18	none could claim the task done
2:21	at last Nara got to his feet among the
2:25	connect men
2:26	and he says to the chief
2:29	I will have that reward from you
2:32	I will go out and I will do that task
2:36	do it and you'll have my gold hilted
2:39	sword
2:40	says I'll
2:42	sunera armed himself well and headed out
2:45	into the darkness of that night
2:47	when he came to the Hanging Tree
2:50	he tied a green Willow strip around the
2:52	foot of the first Dead captive he came
2:54	to
2:56	for the subtle green Rod will bend and
2:58	bind the Dead
2:59	just as the green Willow can tie dead
3:01	Willow sticks to fit them for service to
3:04	the living
3:06	but three times the green Rod failed to
3:08	bind the feet of the Hindman
3:10	three times the knot came undone
3:13	then the corpse captive spoke
3:15	no not you can combine me morning will
3:19	come and no knot will hold me listen to
3:21	my words and tie the knot as I instruct
3:24	push the spike through that Loop you
3:26	make to form the knot and that will seal
3:29	the bind
3:31	sooner did as he was bitten and pushed
3:34	the spike of the willow strip through
3:36	the special Loop to form the knot
3:38	and it held
3:40	then the corpse said from his Gallows
3:44	well done Nera
3:46	I It is Well Done indeed says Nara
3:50	Now by your honor as a warrior take me
3:54	upon your back to a place where I may
3:56	get a drink
3:57	for when I was hung a great thirst Came
3:59	Upon me
4:01	do this
4:02	and I shall reveal something that will
4:04	be of great benefit for you and yours
4:08	come onto my neck then said Nera
4:11	and the corpse captive climbed down and
4:13	clung around the neck of Nera
4:16	where shall I take you cisnera
4:20	go to the nearest dwelling
4:22	says the corpse
4:25	swath they went to the nearest house and
4:27	they saw a circle of burning embers
4:29	around the path to the doorway
4:31	our drink is not to be fined in that
4:33	house
4:34	says a corpse
4:36	for the hearth fire is always wrecked on
4:38	the dying Embers have been cast out into
4:40	the night
4:41	for even the Embers and the dying Sparks
4:44	of a fire will keep harm at Bay
4:48	go to the next house nearest us
4:50	says the corpse to Nera
4:52	when they went there and they saw a pool
4:55	of water thrown out front ends the
4:57	doorway
4:59	don't go into that house
5:01	says the corpse for they threw away
5:03	their water after it's been used for
5:05	washing and bathing
5:07	they sling out their slops and their tub
5:09	of Filth before they sleep
5:11	go to the next house
5:13	commands of corpse
5:15	and so they reached that dwelling and
5:18	the dead one says
5:19	I think my drink is in that place
5:22	set me down on the ground narrow and let
5:25	me be free
5:26	so Nara sets him down and then he goes
5:30	into the house
5:32	now in that house Sutter clatter of
5:35	party articles up to their knees in
5:37	their own clobber inside there was a
5:40	wasted bowl of wash water on the full
5:43	tub of Filth from bathing
5:45	now the corpse drank from each
5:48	for whatever is foul for the living is
5:50	nourishment for the Dead
5:52	on the corpse walked up to a Full Bucket
5:55	of slop water in the middle of the house
5:57	and he drank deep down to the last
6:00	mouthful
6:01	now before his last gulp he gobbed out a
6:05	spray of files spittle into the house on
6:08	the Gob spray drooped down the faces of
6:10	the carty folk Within
6:12	and they all die from the sickness
6:15	so they did
6:16	for it is known by all right folk that
6:20	the foul water from washing and bathing
6:22	must be put out from the home
6:25	the Clardy waste from the slop pale must
6:28	be emptied outside
6:29	on the hearth fire must be wrecked out
6:31	and put out into the night before folk
6:34	inside set themselves to sleep
6:37	on those who do not follow these
6:40	practices invite into their Homestead
6:43	all that is ill and Evil
6:47	now when the corpse was done with all
6:50	these things Nara took him once more
6:53	upon his back and carried him through
6:55	the night to his torment on the jibet
6:59	a turn for a turn I'll give you a
7:02	forewarning for this favor
7:04	says the corpse to Nera
7:07	but that left Nera none the wiser
7:10	and he walked back all the way to
7:12	rathcone on the Royal Hall of the
7:14	connect men
7:17	so what was that vision
7:20	not hard to tell
7:22	as narrow came near
7:24	he saw the Royal stronghold of Wrath
7:26	Crohn a blaze
7:28	collect Warriors lacely and on the
7:30	severed heads of his people were stocked
7:32	in heaps by the enemy
7:34	but this was no foe from our world
7:37	this Phantom Army marched back into the
7:40	cave of Krone though when I got where
7:43	the yellow eyes watched like cats in the
7:46	passage leading to the she
7:48	the spirit Realm
7:50	so
7:52	Nara followed the marching track of the
7:54	spirit host into the passage of the
7:57	Barrow
7:58	Extra Man in The Troop says the last man
8:01	next to an error
8:03	Javier is a troop
8:06	says his companion to the next man along
8:08	each man uttered these words tell a
8:12	message from the last man reached the
8:13	first
8:15	but they still marched in line into the
8:17	she beneath wrath crone
8:19	for this was the stronghold of the
8:22	connect Spirit Realm
8:24	what's to be done with the extra man who
8:27	came with us
8:28	says one of the troop to their chief
8:31	bring him here
8:33	so that I may speak to him
8:35	says their King
8:37	narrow came forward on the chief of the
8:39	she spoke to him
8:41	why did you enter the she with my
8:43	Warriors
8:44	says a king Dinero
8:47	I want to follow your army says Nira
8:50	well then go to that house over there
8:54	says the king
8:55	there is a lone woman who lives there
8:57	and she will give you welcome
9:00	tell her I sent you
9:02	but you must come to the Royal household
9:04	each day with a bundle of firewood
9:07	so I always know your whereabouts
9:10	now never did what he was told by the
9:12	king of the she
9:14	and he was made welcome by the woman
9:16	every day he brought a bundle of
9:18	firewood to the Royal stronghold and
9:21	every day he saw a blind man with a
9:23	crippled man upon his back go out from
9:25	the Royal Court
9:27	they would go to the well in front of
9:29	the stronghold and peer into the waters
9:34	is it there
9:35	says the blind man
9:38	it is indeed says the crippled one
9:41	we may go now
9:43	asked the woman about that
9:46	why he says to the blind man and the
9:50	lame man go to that spring
9:53	they visit the crime which is in the
9:56	spring
9:57	says the woman
9:58	a girl diadem for the head of a king is
10:01	kept in that well
10:03	why is it those two who go there says
10:06	Nara
10:07	because
10:09	the woman these are the only men he
10:12	trusts to visit the crown of Rion
10:15	he blinded the one man
10:18	and he crippled the other
10:20	for any man who is not whole cannot be
10:22	king or claim the crown
10:25	and Nara says
10:27	let me tell you what else I have seen
10:30	as I walked into the she I saw Ralph
10:32	Cohen ruined and burnt King IL and queen
10:36	Maeve on their whole household had been
10:39	slain
10:40	what you saw has not happened yet says
10:43	the woman
10:44	for I have the power of foretelling
10:47	what you saw was only a phantom of the
10:49	future
10:50	it is what might be true and will be
10:53	true unless you warn your people
10:57	but how can I warn my people says Nara
11:01	no never thought that three nights had
11:03	passed since he entered the she
11:05	the time moves different in the spirit
11:07	realms
11:08	days will pass there while moments will
11:12	pass in our world
11:14	well
11:15	go to them now says a woman
11:18	for the passage is still open
11:20	they still sit around the same cauldron
11:23	fires on the same misawan night when you
11:26	left them
11:27	warn your people says the woman
11:30	tell them to keep bottle watch on the
11:32	next sowing unless they come themselves
11:35	to destroy the burial mind and passage
11:37	then the she will come out to destroy
11:39	them it is foretold that ilil and Maeve
11:43	will ravage the she and claim the crown
11:46	of Brion
11:48	how will they believe me says Nera
11:52	bring out the summer blossoms with you
11:54	says the woman
11:57	for the spring in the she when it is
11:59	winter in your world
12:01	so Nara took some sprigs of wild garlic
12:04	with him unprimp roses and buttercups
12:07	too
12:08	I am pregnant by you says the woman and
12:12	I will bear you a son
12:13	send me a message before your people
12:16	come to destroy the mound next sawing
12:19	me and your son and your cattle will
12:22	flee from the she before the passage is
12:25	closed forever
12:27	and indeed the passage was still open
12:30	so Nara left the she and went to his
12:32	people
12:34	sure enough he found the connect man
12:36	gather around the same cauldron and the
12:39	same fires of that same sour night when
12:42	he had left
12:44	how do you get on says
12:48	you've been gone a quite a while
12:50	I have been gone a long time says never
12:52	for I crossed into the fairlands of the
12:55	she I saw an abundance of clothing and
12:57	food great riches and strange Treasures
13:00	that you cannot can but I saw that they
13:03	will come to destroy you on the sower
13:05	night that is coming next unless we take
13:07	action
13:09	and never told them his story and right
13:12	enough they believed him when he showed
13:14	them the fresh Summers Blossom from the
13:16	she
13:18	then we will go against them it says oh
13:21	we will wrap their mind and close the
13:23	passage
13:24	but that can't be until when it opens
13:27	next sawing
13:29	but Nera you better do as your woman
13:31	says and get her and your wee son out
13:34	before we attack
13:36	so Nero waited the whole year for the
13:39	next sawing and the passage to open
13:41	again
13:42	now this was a year when Fergus macrock
13:45	left bolster for Exile and connect
13:48	and his troop of Ulster Warriors that
13:51	black host of trailers joined the Royal
13:54	Court at wrath Cohen
13:56	now is the time says alil
13:59	get your kin and your cattle out of the
14:01	sheen era for we're about to march to
14:04	destroy the mind
14:06	if you care for anything in the she go
14:08	in and bring it out so Nero went into
14:11	the mind
14:12	and through the passage into the she on
14:15	the Fighting Man of connect and the
14:17	black Exiles from Ulster waited in their
14:20	Warrior troops to attack
14:22	and they waited for Nera to come back
14:24	from within with all he cared to save
14:28	but no one came out
14:30	so the warrior troop attacked the mind
14:33	they torrented
14:35	they ripped it apart and closed the
14:37	passage
14:38	and there beneath the mind they find
14:41	buried the crown of Brion as Nera had
14:45	said
14:46	for that well in the spirit realm was a
14:49	dry pit in our world
14:52	and that is Iconic acquired this
14:54	wonderful treasure
14:56	but there was no sign of Nera or any
14:58	Spirit folk within that mind
15:02	for Nera never left the she with his kin
15:06	and he has not come out yet
15:08	and he will not come out
15:10	till the end of time

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