Will 'o The Wisp - Fairy Fey Faere Winds Aka Sí Gaoithe =wind Of Fairy / Faires

DANCiNG HAY in KILOE

introducing the first invisible Human of Longford..

this video from yesterday afternoon in Killoe,
with Cairn Hill peeping between the bushes,

captured a natural phenomenon which is seldom seen...

but once seen is never forgotten...

speaking to older , more knowledgeable neighbors
they called it ' will o' the wisp'...

one elderly lady remembered calling it
' sí gaoithe' ( fairy wind )
when she was a child over 88 years ago...
...back then, she added that people used to bless themselves
when they saw it because they didn't know what it was
whether good or evil...
but it was always associated with the fairies...

for a family out saving hay who witnessed the phenomenon,
it provided chat and gossip for years afterwards....

the magical ,swirling dance of hay fired the imagination...
it was pure magic before their disbelieving eyes...
an other recalled hearing of an entire meadow
being lifted skywards in a spectacular, spinning spout...with all the hay finally landing in a neighbour's meadow...

imagine going to your neighbor and asking for hay back...

is it any wonder,

our ancestors looked on in both awe
and fear as their hard work took flight before their eyes....

later last night,
I was informed that the phenomenon is caused
' by a swirling updraft on air under sunny conditions
during warm weather and is a sign of the warm,
hot weather to continue '.....

I prefer the Sí Gaoithe ( fairy wind ) explanation !

enjoy the good weather
and any invisible Human of Longford who may pass your path"

Will o the Wisp.

~HUMANS of LONGFORD

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