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It is not clear how it became assimilated into the word cailleach which from then onwards signified a 'nun' in the growing Christian society, while retaining in secular mythology its original meaning of 'old hag ', and carrying with it overtones of the sacred.
Irish Odalisques and Other Seductive Figures: Thomas Moore 2000
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There was one particular piece which whoever got was called cailleach beal-tinei. e., the Beltane carline, a term of great reproach.
Chapter 62. The Fire-Festivals of Europe. § 4. The Beltane Fires 1922
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There was one particular piece which whoever got was called cailleach beal-tine-i. e., the Beltane carline, a term of great reproach.
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There was one particular piece which whoever got was called cailleach beal-tine — i.e., the
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One piece was marked and the one who got it was called the cailleach bealtine for the evening.
Unusual Historicals 2009
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One piece was marked and the one who got it was called the cailleach bealtine for the evening.
Unusual Historicals Blythe Gifford 2009
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One piece was marked and the one who got it was called the cailleach bealtine for the evening.
Unusual Historicals 2009
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One piece was marked and the one who got it was called the cailleach bealtine for the evening.
Unusual Historicals 2009
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'cailleach' of foam in the vortex of the pool below.
The True Story Book Andrew Lang 1878
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'Perhaps what, cailleach?' questioned Lachlan; and, after a pause, finding she gave no answer, 'Perhaps!
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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An ugly, crone and hag. She had the teeth of the wild bear and tusks like a boar. The meaning of the word "cailleach" is old woman or veiled one. She only has one eye (symbolizing) that she can see beyond the duality of things to the oneness of life. She is a weather Goddess controlling the winds, the winter cold. Cailleach is a dark Goddess. She represents winter and a going within. She kills all that is no longer needed, But she holds in the frozen earth the seeds of a new beginning. Cailleach is about transformation in some stories just before spring appears she washes in a stream and becomes young again. Cailleach to be the 'other' face of the Goddess Brighid. In Scottish folklore, Cailleach is born old and ugly and grows younger as the year turns to spring and summer. (Parsed from "Goddess Gospel")
August 11, 2008