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HALLOWE'EN IN IRELAND
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"In the Land of Youth
There are pleasant places;
Green meadows, woods,
Swift grey-blue waters.
"There is no age there,
Nor any sorrow.
As the stars in heaven
Are the cattle in the valleys.
"Great rivers wander
Through flowery plains.
Streams of milk, of mead,
Streams of strong ale.
"There is no hunger
And no thirst
In the Hollow Land,
Sharp: Immortal Hour.
She and Midir fly away in the form of two swans, linked by a chain of gold. Cuchulain, hopelessly sick of a strange illness brought on by Fand and Liban, fairy sisters, was visited the day before Samhain by a messenger, who promised to cure him if he
