tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post2038863135726931463..comments2024-03-27T06:42:26.250-07:00Comments on Seven Miles of Steel Thistles: Folklore Snippets - The NidagrÃsurKatherine Langrishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-74861248373851097682012-04-04T14:28:39.161-07:002012-04-04T14:28:39.161-07:00I do love these snippets of folklore... there'...I do love these snippets of folklore... there's something so deep rooted and powerful about these tales, maybe because there are deep buried truths wound within them from times and lives lived in far more hardship than ours today...Windsongs and Wordhoardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12211375575810428500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-73265086949642318302012-04-04T05:36:52.772-07:002012-04-04T05:36:52.772-07:00Thanks Sue - these are lovely, and decidly more ch...Thanks Sue - these are lovely, and decidly more cheerful!Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-14984722419996157412012-04-04T04:16:22.975-07:002012-04-04T04:16:22.975-07:00Ooh - love this. I know several British versions,...Ooh - love this. I know several British versions, and though sad, the ghost is not dismissed in anger. In one (Welsh, I think) a fisherman fishes at a spot avoided by others, because it's haunted by a weeping child. He calls out to it, 'If you're a boy, I name you John, if you're a girl, I name you Joan.' There's instant silence, then a little voice cries out, 'I've got a name, I've got a name!' - and is never heard again.<br /><br />In a Scots story, a drunken man dares - because he's drunk - to take the path through the woods where the ghostly child wanders and sobs. When he hears it, being drunk, he calls out cheerfully, 'What's the matter, Short Hoggers?' (Short Hoggers means something like 'short pants' or 'short trousers'.)<br /><br />Again the ghostly child runs away calling out, "I've gotten a name, I've gotten a name!" - and is never heard again.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-70100056574984455242012-04-03T06:38:49.396-07:002012-04-03T06:38:49.396-07:00It is very , very sad - but also somehow lovely th...It is very , very sad - but also somehow lovely that there was a poor little spirit and that it found rest.K.M.Lockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07540392557430776265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4950999049789394042.post-74264044882725659542012-04-03T04:01:06.079-07:002012-04-03T04:01:06.079-07:00I'll post my own comment on this: I think the ...I'll post my own comment on this: I think the saddest thing about this story is that the ghost of the little creature is laid to rest even though the man's words are said in anger. It's as though the rejected child craves any attention, any attention at all,from the human race.Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.com