LIVE IRISH MYTHS Episode #347: Cuchulain of Muirthemne 13

Join host Anthony Murphy for more tales from the Ulster Cycle of Irish Myth. Tonight’s story is titled ‘The Wedding of Maine Morgor’.

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[Music] Heat. Heat. Heat up here. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat [Music] up [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Music] Heat up here. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] Heat. [Music] [Music] off. We have liftoff. A very good evening. We were boopping away to the music. I hope you all were, too. Yes, it’s that time. Well, it’s not really that time of the week. It’s supposedly Mondays, but life has been very busy lately. So, uh, the postponement of live Irish myths is usually announced on the YouTube channel and the Mythical Ireland Facebook page. Apologies in advance, but I am actually going to have to postpone next Monday’s uh, edition because I am going to be uh, giving a talk uh to an astronomy group in uh, Balclair uh, near Belfast next Monday evening. Uh, so uh, we’ll be postponing next week also. So just be prepared for that if you’re trying to tune in at the usual time on a Monday. And we have spr fall fallen back. It’s not sprung forward and it’s definitely our clocks went back an hour at the weekend. So there’s probably a time difference uh an unusual time difference between us and those of you in at least some of the states. I think there’s from what you have educated me about in recent years uh there are some states where the clocks don’t change. So interesting. So your time difference won’t have changed but if I’m not mistaken uh we’re four hours of a difference now between here in New York and only seven between here and Seattle whereas we’re normally five and eight. Anyway, uh that’s by the buy. This is episode number 347 of live Irish myths. We will be delving back into Lady Gregory’s complete Irish mythology and Kakullan of Mavna. Tonight’s tale is called the wedding of Mana Morgore. Almost sounds Tolkenesque, doesn’t it? So, I hope you enjoy. Uh, before we get there, of course, I have to say hello to people. If you’re new to Live Irish myths, please do feel free to join in the conversation by commenting, whether it’s on YouTube or on the Mythical Ireland Facebook page, and we’ll do our best to share your comments and join in the conversations. A lot of side conversations happen uh during these episodes, too, which is always very welcome and great to see. Uh the reason for the postponement from yesterday evening was the wonderful fourth annual Lou Festival of Light here in Draada. That is a mythologically themed mythologically mythological mythologically mythology themed event. And as you might have guessed, yours truly has a heavy involvement in that. And uh yes uh my voice could be heard booming out across the main street here in Draada uh speaking about history and myths and legends and the uh the big features of this year’s displays were the story of the Morgan and the story of Khullen and Ferdia. So I hope you got a chance to enjoy that. if you didn’t check out some of the photographs on the Mythical Ireland Facebook page and the Instagram channel. Anyway, let me say hello to a few people. First, a comment tonight. Shockingly, it’s not Ela Dent Lingfelder. It’s Lily Shambles who says, “Good evening. I hope all are keeping well, warm and dry.” Well, certainly in here. Uh, thankfully, the rain by and large stayed away during Lou Festival of Light. And by the way, Lou Elu father is the Irish name for County La, which is where I am right now, where I live. And County La is named after the Tua Dan god Lula, Father Lou Samuel Dormach. Actually, uh that name of his his name and his epithet are inscribed upon the county crest. So you will see Lou Samuel Dharma on the county crest of County La. So um it works in two ways. It’s a largely mythologically themed event and it’s based in County La which is named after is county la the only county I think it is the only county named after a touad danon deity smallest county of all the 32 counties of Ireland. But I tell you, as my mother always said, there’s good goods in small parcels. This is very true. Niko and Steven are watching. Good evening, Anthony and Mithlick’s family. Tailwags, Taskia, and Koda, and all the mouses, Chucks, and Maggie’s furry friends. Nice day in Koncho, Arizona. And ble ble, what’s ble? That sounds funny. Is that a typo or does it mean something? So Saskia is SAS K I A Saskia. I’m delighted to report after recent issue with her paw and being a bit lame. Uh she seems to be in good form. Touch wood. She is 14. So uh yeah, she was yelping earlier on to let us know that she wanted feeding. So that’s a good sign. So um tail wags to all the furry friends who are watching with their owners. Amanda June Hagerty saying, “Woo! Hello all. Beautiful day in Blie today. Brilliant stuff, Amanda June. Hope you’ve settled in nicely to the old green sod. Adena Sparks is saying, “Afternoon, Anthony and the two. I hope all are well. It’s a windy cool day here in New Mexico.” Now, now hang on a second, Adena. When you say it’s cool, what does that mean in real terms, right? Because I’m going to tell you the temperature here now in little old era. It is 10° C, which in Fahrenheit is 50. Uh, so that’s what we would call cool. Although it was cooler over the weekend. It got down to about seven or eight degrees on a couple of the evenings. And it is heading into winter. We are practically on the doorstep of Halloween and Sin. So this is what we expect. Short days, long nights, and cold weather. Marilyn Whitney is saying, “Hello, Anthony and the Tua. Chilly but sunny day in Northampton. Leave for Inishier in Western Ireland on Saturday. Brilliant stuff. Well, good night on Boherlat Marilyn. I hope you have a great time in Ireland and looking forward to meeting you while you’re here. And Scott Dherty is saying, “Greetings all. I thought Ireland had the time change over the weekend.” You are actually absolutely right. It did indeed. And hello to Bill if he’s watching there in the background. And even if he’s not watching there in the background, hello to Bill anyway. So there you go. That’s for free. Anthony says, “Nikico and Steven, I got called a dingbat by my cousin Peggy in County Cork. I called her and asked if I may have missed you. I forgot about your time change in Ireland is before the US and Arizona doesn’t do it.” See, there you go. I’m being educated all the time. When you coming to give a talk in Cork, whenever whenever you want me. Yeah. Tell you, just reach out and ask. it can be organized. Ola Conrad says, “Good evening from Denmark.” Hello to all our Danish friends. Hope you’re in good form, Ola. And that the cold evenings aren’t biting too much. An McCllum is saying, “Hello, Anton, and all the mighty Tua. I hope everything’s good form. It’s a lovely sunny 14 Celsius.” See, I mean, even in Northern Ontario, it’s 14. Congratulations one and all for the amazingly wonderful, Pardon me, Draa Lou Festival. Brilliant photographs from your drone, Anthony. Yeah, I left it till the last night of the festival to get the drone shots, but I was delighted to be able to get them because I tell you what, it started at 7. Drone was straight in the air at the start of the first show and uh not long after I finished my droning, it started raining. So, I was very lucky. Jacqueline Kelly Adams is saying, “Hello all. Our clocks go back on the November the second.” Aha, there you go. I hope all is well with everyone listening from the dreary, chilly Columbia Gorge area. Good to see you again, Anthony. And uh you likewise, Jacqueline, stay warm, stay bright, stay safe, and all of those things. You know, it is the winter time here in the northern hemisphere. Wait till the southern hemispherers join us now. And we may have to greet them slightly differently and say I hope the sun is shining and it’s balmy and warm. Um Linda Bird is saying hello from Maryland. Good afternoon to you, Linda. Hope you’re in good form. Thanks for joining us. Leslie O’Neal says, “Good evening everyone. Happy to be catching a live stream. Enjoyed the Lou Festival over the weekend. Brilliant stuff, Leslie. I didn’t see you. I was busy running around with the out camera. Taking as many pictures as possible. Harriet Hair says, “Good evening all watching on YouTube.” Harriet, I think you’re new to live Irish myths. Haven’t seen you before. You’re very welcome. Hope you have a great time and you’ll get the warmest of welcomes from what we call the myth flick to uh it’s a little bit like Netflix, but because it’s about mythology, it’s mythflick. Seven degrees in Denmark, drizzling for four days with some beautiful golden colors in the forest of the royal hunting grounds today. Sounds nice. Although the dark and cold bit we could do without Richard. That’s a facet of living in Northern Europe, isn’t it? You know, yes, we have settled in great, says Amanda June. We couldn’t find housing and our Airbnb host sister took us in and now they have pretty much adopted us. Such a lovely family. Brilliant stuff. Excellent. See Irish hospitality. Hey, 65 Fahrenheit. Oh yeah, that’s cool for you, right? What is that in Celsius? That’s 18. That’s a balmy summer day for us. Their four-year-old told their mom that she felt like the guests were family now. Love, that’s lovely. Brilliant. Delighted to hear it and not surprised because here in Ireland, we like to give people a warm welcome. a major facet of Irishness and the Irish people. Okay. And do not get distracted by the phone this evening. He says while getting distracted by the phone this evening. So before we start the reading. Oh hello El Rafio Marian Lopez says, “Hey Mr. Anthony and mighty Tua. I saw the pictures of the festival. It looks very fun and nice in contrast. My family are preparing for Dia de Muert de Muertos and the parades. They started last night as well until the 2nd of November. This is a thing all all around the world, isn’t it? This time of the year. What What is the What is that festival from India? That Kowali Kegali Diwali, isn’t it? Yeah. So, what does Dia de Muertos? Because dia in Irish is God. Muertos I I gather is dead. Is it the eve of the dead or something like that? A little bit like all all souls day and Halloween and all of that. Wow. Yeah. Sounds like there’s great celebrations going on there in uh Pueebla in Mexico. Before we start proper tonight, I want to make you all jealous. I have acquired a number of recent I’ve acquired some acquisitions in the uh form of uh I’m a biblop file as you know you can see the evidence of that behind me on the shelves. Yeah. Day of the dead. Ah okay. Diia deuertos. The day of the dead sounds like a horror movie or maybe a comedy horror like Shawn of the Dead. No, never mind. Um, some new acquisitions to the library. Let me show you them one by one. Making you all really, really jealous. We are going to check out, says Amanda June, the Dragon of the Shandon parade in Cork on the 31st. That sounds exciting. Haven’t heard of that. The Dragon of the Shandon. Wow. Sounds really, really interesting. Fill us in afterwards. Yes. So, a number of volumes have found their way into the Mythical Ireland library and not in any particular order. Ola says biblop file. I wouldn’t have thought. H yes, I know this one is called Music and the Stars. So, I don’t really know what it’s about. Haven’t really dipped into it yet. Mathematics in Medieval Ireland by Mary Kelly and Charles Dherty. Well, editors presumably there are individual chapters by different scholars. Yes, indeed. So, that’ll be interesting. That’s one. The next one, uh, any of you who are or have been students of old and middle Irish or, uh, have been students of medieval studies in Ireland will undoubtedly not only have heard of this, but have either owned a copy or borrowed it from the library. And I know that it’s a very, very dense and scholarly work. And I know that it it thrills some students and horrifies others uh because it is so academic and that is uh the famous old Irish a grammar of old Irish by Rudolph Thuris. That’s not a book that you would read from cover to cover. Just put it that way. But uh yeah, that is uh and and this one published in well reprinted in 1998 by the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. First published in 1946 uh in excellent excellent condition as new you would say. Now this one I’m really looking forward to reading. Strangely enough, says Ola, piles of books find their way to my bookshelf, too. No way. And I guess there’s a guy on the other end of the screen there who’s uh at least partly responsible for that. Partly uh not taking the credit or anything. This one is uh actually when was it published? Yeah, I’m going to keep you in suspense for a moment. You’re like which of these books will I have to rush out and order on the internet now or get from my local bookshop? 2008. The Irish annals, their genesis, evolution and history by DP McCarthy. I have said a lot about the animals. We did several episodes, I think four or five episodes of live Irish myths a few years ago about the annals, the annals of Olter, the annals of the four masters, the animals of Chernok, etc., etc. And this is one I’m definitely looking forward to dipping into. Uh, brilliant. The Irish annals of course were compiled by the monks. Think of them as chronicles. And uh for the AD period they’re extremely accurate because they record astronomical events and modern astronomers are able to go back look look back in time with their software and say yeah that eclipse did happen on that day as the analysts rightly say it did. This one looks interesting and it’s by an author who I haven’t read much of his work, but the stuff that I’ve read I’ve really, really, really loved. And that author and scholar is none other than John Kerry. And this is a book that he published in 2007. And I have to say I’m totally tantalized. It’s called Ireland and the Grail. Yes indeedy by John Kerry published by Celtic studies publications amarest with that would be in Wales. Uh and as I say K’s work the work that I have read has been fascinating. So yeah that’s another one I will be looking forward to dipping into. That’s number four of eight. And Is it hang on um oh ah yeah doesn’t really matter. I’ll find it. I’ll talk about it again. Uh this one published in 1977 by the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies is and there’s no uh dust jacket on it. It’s just one of those green hardbacked books that the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies is known to to publish and it is called the heroic biography of Cormack MARA by Tomas Okahasi. So Cormack Mart would be one of the most famous of the high kings of Tara. So again, another one that I’m very much looking forward to reading. Uh probably the most recent arrival in the library h is another work by another brilliant brilliant scholar and a lady who is has published an astonishing volume of work and who has be been heavily involved in the discovery program at the hill of Tara for the last 20 or 25 years. uh and uh indeed this publication was part supported by that uh discovery program along with me county council off county council department of housing local government and heritage and one other Wikllo County Council and it is called monasticism in Ireland AD 900 to AD 1250 and the author is the very well-known Adele Veran. So, that’s another one very very very I’ve already been dipping into this one in fact. And yeah, much to ponder about and much to be learned. Uh, and every day is a learning day for Mythical Ireland. And were it not for these wonderful scholars, a lot of these live streams, a lot of my books and the website, my blog posts and podcasts, etc., etc., just simply wouldn’t be possible. I call it standing on the shoulders of giants. Johnny Wilson has joined us from Dallas, Texas, where it’s 25 and dropping. Well, never mind. I mean, it’s 15 degrees warmer than it is here in the Boone Valley right now. 10 Celsius here. Michael Pike says, “Greetings, Anthony. I was only just able to view today’s broadcast.” Well, it’s only started, so hopefully you’re able to watch the whole thing. Michael, always a pleasure. Rothio tells us diia de muertos is day of the dead. We celebrate with flowers, colorful decor decorations, good food and family gatherings to remember our loved ones and hope for their souls to be among us during those days where the line between this world and the other is very thin. The tables are full with things the dead used to love. Isn’t that fantastic? I think that’s just most most a most beautiful beautiful celebration. John Inman says, “I’m not just a biblophile, but also a scholarship groupy SP.” Good to see you. And also you, John. Brilliant stuff. Yeah, I know. I’ I’d like to hang out with all these people. I’d like to have a big long weekong conversation around the table with these people. Yes. Yes. Yes. It would have to be recorded, wouldn’t it? So we could podcast it afterwards, you know. Um Morin Joy says, “Hopefully you won’t experience the Twilight Zone. Um, the next one is a small book, but again referring to something I said earlier on, there’s good goods in small parcels. This was published by the Cola Press back in 2013 and it is called The Great Irish Crosses: Meaning and Mystery. And depicted on its cover is a cross that I recognize. It is one of the three extent uh high crosses four three four in Kels in county me um h uh I’m not sure if it says actually uh yeah but anyway it’s either three or four. It’s three anyway. So that that should be interesting. Let me just quickly read that now just to settle my uh uncertainty. Kels [Music] four highly significant sandstone crosses in Kels. Two of which are still complete. Oh yeah. Yeah. The fourth one is under the canopy down at the visitor uh the tourist office. It used to be on Market Street. Um, there’s three in the graveyard and one, yeah, four. How did I not even think of that? Next one is a subject that’s probably apt for the time of year we’re at, too. Uh, published first in 1996. The author is Patricia Lizett. Originally published actually sorry in 1986 by the Glendale Press. This paperback edition first published by the O’Brien Press in Dublin and it is called the Banshee, the Irish supernatural death messenger. The Banshee is a well-known supernatural figure in Irish folk tradition. In origin, a patron goddess caring for the fortunes of her people. The banshee of folk belief is usually considered to be a harbinger of death and is said to follow certain families. Traditions about her are spread widely throughout the country. So yeah, another brilliant book for the mythical Ireland library. Last but not least for now anyway is the biggest and heaviest of them all. Are we live? Says Dere. No, it is a figment of your imagination. Or as we say when we’re trying to be funny, it is a fig roll of your imagination. Is uh is Amadeus watching? Hello. Here boy. Here. Amadeus. It’s a good boy. Yeah. Yeah. I could see him stiffing the screen and cocking the head from side to side going. He called my name. It’s him. Oh yeah. I recognize that voice. Had a problem with the Facebook feed. YouTube working. Always always just for the newcomers especially. I know you’re not a newcomer, Marilyn, but for the newcomers, if your Facebook feed is stodgy, head over to the Mythic Ireland YouTube channel. Tends to be more stable. We had they had an episode. Will a book lover survive a disaster and was all alone with a library full of books? He was in paradise until his eyeglasses fell off and the lenses broke. Oh, I can only imagine. Oh. Uh, no. That wouldn’t be very nice, would it? No. uh slightly more sort of historic and academic and ecclesiastical publication, but this one Oh yeah, 1,080 pages. Um yeah, pardon me. I’m just going to do a bit of reading here. You can you can all do your own thing there now. the author of this book, well the editors AJ Hughes and William Nolan uh published first in 2001 consisting of uh chapters by various different uh scholars and authors uh 30 chapters in total. Uh, list of figures, list of plates. Oh, contributors and editors, list of abbreviations. Yeah, this is a big one. But I’m telling you, I I already know this is going to be very valuable. Arma history and society. Just in case you’re wondering, and you may not be, but just in case you’re wondering, Arma what? uh you know this isn’t uh entirely an ecclesiastical study. It’s a study of the the clans and the tribes, the O’Neals, the plantations, the yes uh the church uh medieval Arma um and uh the stress cycle is mentioned uh uh artifacts and archaeology. I mean, this is absolutely I have no doubt. Um, yeah. So, could I pick some favorites? I’ve shown you eight. the ones that will sort of draw my attention first. The Irish annals monasticism in Ireland Arma. It’s hard to pick favorites. I know that’s going to be brilliant. Ireland and the Grail Cormarmac Mcgar the Banshee. As I said, Tyson is not the sort of book you would pick up and read from cover to cover. In fact, you wouldn’t even read a few pages of it. It’s more it’s it’s more I think it’s more a reference book like a little bit like a dictionary. I don’t know. Any out there ever read a dictionary from cover to cover? I don’t think so. Unless you’re very very strange. Uh Terry’s hiking travels. Hello Terry’s hiking travels on YouTube. Been to Arma Cathedral as a child on holidays with my relatives in Tyrone. I’m 73. So that wasn’t yesterday. Wow. Did you see the stuff they have in the cellar in the crypt? Some very nice things down there. Looks like I’m going to be on YouTube only tonight. Facebook is being the devil. Can’t blame you, Deseri. YouTube just works, you know. I’ve read a plant reference book from cover to cover, says Amanda June. It’s not quite the same as a dictionary, but it’s close. Yeah, it’s a bit weird, but like, you know, whatever you’re into. Anthony, our two big dogs are in our joint schnowzer. Shawn Thornton. Yes. Named for John Wayne’s character in The Quiet Man. Keeps cocking his head. Cocking. He’s listening and fascinated by your brogue. Hello there, Shawn Thornton. Shawn Thornton. Come here, boy. He’s a good dog. He’s a good boy. Has he got a funny walk like John Wayne? Never mind. Ard Waka Maka’s height says Patty Makavel. Yes indeed, Patty 100%. Amadeas loved his hello. Not sure what is going on with Facebook. It’s being nuts. Hey, tell us something new, huh? No problem. I am on the last 30 pages of 32 words for field picks up book. Hey, no getting distracted. That’s not allowed. Barb Jordan’s in the house. Hello, Barb. A very good afternoon. Right, we’ll get reading, will we? Oh, I need to go over from Scotland again. Hey, sure. You could you could nearly walk over, you know. um get on a cow’s back and I’m sure a cow could swim from um Stronger over to Len. It’s a fair it’s a fairly short hop. Uh now just catching up here and making sure everything’s good. Yeah, let’s do this. The Wedding of Mana Morg Chapter 10 of Khulan of Moravna by Lady Gregory. Well, her translation. I refuse to read a dictionary, says Patty. They’re pure plagiarism. I used to have a copy of Mrs. Burn’s dictionary of unusual, obscure, and preposterous words as a kid. That was a well thumbmed book. I probably read every word of it two or three times. I think that’s okay. If if that’s the kind of dictionary you read, I think that’s more acceptable. Not that I’m judging anybody for reading a dictionary, but it is just a bit odd. Let’s be honest. Strange. I just started to read a German lexicon from 1931 in search for old German words. Mon made me good old Mon. We are going up to Ishnok on Saturday next to scatter his ashes. I suspect there will be a huge crowd there to give him a a send off. Andrew Christiey’s in the house. Good evening, Andrew. Joining us on uh YouTube. Hope you’re in good form and all ready for story time. When Mana Morg, the very beautiful, the son of Aland of Mave, set out for his wedding with Ferov Feb, daughter of Ger of Rahini in Olter. He brought three troops of young men with him. How’s the sound? Is it okay? [Music] One, two, one, two, one, two. Testing. One, two, two, one, two, one, two, two, one. He brought three troops of young men with him and 50 men in each troop. There’s thrice 50. And this is the appearance that was on the first two troops. Shining white shirts. They had striped with purple down the sides, gold shields on their backs with borders of white silver, with figures engraved on them, and with edges of white bronze as sharp as knives. Bit dodgy getting into those shirts in the morning, huh? You want to be careful you wouldn’t weren’t too tired or hung over. You could cut yourself trying to put one of those shirts on your back. chains of white silver around their necks and there were neither helmets on their heads nor shoes on their feet. Yeah, a lot of people reporting problems with Facebook. Please, if you’re having trouble with Facebook, head on over to YouTube. The viewer numbers seem to be lower than usual, so I suspect that’s a lot to do with the problem with Facebook. So, head over to uh the Mythical Ireland YouTube channel. If you’re watching on a computer, just type in uh www.youtube.com/thical Ireland. If you’re using the YouTube app, just go to search and go mythical all one word and you’ll find it fairly quickly. And as to the third troop, the one that Mana himself was in, there were 50 reddish brown horses in it and 50 white horses with red ears with long manes and tails colored purple and bridles on them with a ball of red gold on the one side and a ball of white silver on the other. Sounds a little bit like the sun and the moon, doesn’t it? Uh, and a gold or a silver bit to every one of them, a color of gold with bells from it on the neck of every horse. And when the horses would be moving, the sound of these bells would be as sweet as the strings of a harp when the player strikes it with his hand. There was a chariot of white bronze ribbed with gold and silver to every two of the horses. Purple cushions sewed with gold bound to every chariot. 50 fair slender young men in these 50 chariots. And not one among them was but the but and not one among them but was the son of a king and a queen and was a hero and a brave man of Kan. And they wearing purple cloaks about them that had borders ornamented with gold and silver and a clasp of pure red gold to every cloak. fine silk coats fastened with hooks of gold close to their white bodies. 50 silver shields on their backs with gold rims studded with carbunals and other precious stones of every color. Two candles of valor were the two shining spears on the hand of every man of them. 50 rivets of bronze and of gold in every spear. And if any man of them had a dep a debt of a bushel of silver or gold, one rivet from his spear would pay it. Wow. They were rigged out very expensively by the sounds of it. And there were precious stones on their spears that would flame in the night like the rays of the sun. and their bel on the at their belts they had long gold hilted swords with silver sheets goss in their hands of white bronze with silver crooks and as to the young men themselves they were very handsome and stately and large and shining curled yellow hair on them hanging down on their shoulders proud clear blue eyes their cheeks like the flowers of the woods in May or like the fox globe of the mountains. There were seven greyhounds following Mana’s chariot in chains of silver and apples of gold on every chain. There were seven trumpeters with gold and silver trumpets, wearing clothes of many colors, and having all of them light yellow hair. And three druids were in front of them, and they having bands of silver on their heads and speckled cloaks on them, and carrying shields of bronze with ornaments of red copper. And there were three harpers with them that had the appearance of kings. And one of the fascinating things about that passage is it I it is typical of so many passages that are descriptive of people and bands of warriors in the Irish myths and legends. They’re almost effusive in their detail and description. It’s almost like they go to exaggerated lengths uh to let you know just how beautifully arrayed these folk were and the the the the detail, the effort and the expense of arraying them thus. Um, now, uh, I know this is myth, but remember, weren’t we talking a long time ago now about Professor Jim Mallerie, JP Mallalerie’s book, In Search of the Irish Dream Time, uh, and the likes of John Wadell’s uh, uh, what is it called? Celtic archaeology and Celtic myth or something like that. I have it there. I should know the title of it. Um, He confidently declares that he has it and then he can’t find it. Although I have 1,600 books in this library, so who would blame me for not being able to find it? Yeah, it’s called archaeology and Celtic myth. Uh remembering that when the stories were being written down, that sort of detail about weapons and dress code etc. uh and musical instruments um very much pertains to the time in which the story was written down and not necessarily the time of the origin of the story and in many cases the time of the origin of the story is is a great unknown. Amanda June is sharing a joke. Here’s a good joke I saw recently. Three moles are in a tunnel. The first says I smell sugar. The second says I smell honey. The third says I smell molasses. Boom. Boom. Yeah, Facebook keeps saying you were live and won’t let you listen live. So, we’re all partying on YouTube tonight. I suspect there’ll be a lot more jokes than chatter on YouTube. Yeah. So, I The number of viewers is less than half of what it usually is. Um, the streaming fell. It stopped at 1655 unfortunately. Yeah. Uh, that is completely out of my hands, out of my control. Send a letter to Mark Zuckerberg complaining. Um, how is it that all of the women in Irish mythology always are the most beautiful? That’s cuz Irish women are beautiful. I know cuz I’m married to one. Hey. Hey. Brownie point scored. Um, I had a Polish friend who was a sound engineer. I had a check. One, two, check one, two. Oh, Barry, you’re scraping the barrel there. But hey, you got to go much lower than I usually go. Um, yes, indeed. Uh, I think I’ve caught up. It is like that. It is like that they gathered. It is like that they gathered at the royal house of Kroam and they went three times round the lawn before the house and they said farewell to Mave and to Alil and then they set out for Rafini. It is a fine setting out you are having said Brickru but maybe the coming back will not be so fine. It is a journey that will be heard of in every place said Mana. I suppose, said Brickrew, it is but a day visit you will make there, for you will hardly stop to feast through the night in a district that is under Kungavar. I give my word, said Mana, we will not turn back to Kraken till we have feasted three days and three nights in Gurg’s house. He did not waste any more time talking, but set out on the journey. When the messengers they sent before them came to Gurg’s house at Ratheni, the people there began to make all ready before them, and they laid down green birch branches and fresh green rushes in the house. Then Farav sent her foster sister Findcoin, daughter of Erg, and bade her go to and bade her go a part of the way with the messengers and bring her back word. What appearance was on Mana and on his companions? She was not long away, and as soon as she came back, she went with her report to the sunny parlor where Ferv was. Interesting. I always think that’s interesting. Sunny Parlor. Probably translated from um what’s it called? rain um uh the Irish um for a sunny house the Greyon. Yeah. Where Ferv was. And it is what she said. I never saw since Kungavar was in Owen, and I never will see till the end of life and time a finer or grander or a more beautiful troop than the troop that is coming now over the plain. It was the same as if I was in a sweet apple garden, from the sweetness that came to me when the light wind passed over them and stirred their clothes. With that the men of Kanuk came to the dun, and the people within pressed upon one another to look at them. And the gates were set open, and their chariots unyokeked, and baths of pure water were made ready for them. And then they were brought into the hall of heroes in the middle of the house, and they were given every sort of food and of drink that is to be found on the whole ridge of the world. Ridge of the world. That’s an interesting one. I must actually look up what the Irish is for that drum is usually a drum drum on that one. Yeah, I must uh delve deeper into that one. That’s not the first time we’ve seen that. We’ve seen it on a number of occasions. So, every sort of food and drink. So, somebody in the troop will be going, “Uh, have you got iron that’s gluten free? I don’t eat gluten. I can’t take gluten. Have you got any dairy free, you know? Oh, I don’t eat meat. Yeah, I’ve got what’s the vegetarian options? And I have no idea why I’m speaking in a in a an English accent other than it sounds very Montipythonish. And uh yeah, well, we’ve done the whole uh descent into Montipython madness on this live stream more on more than one occasion. But as they were using the feast and making merry, using the feast, wow, what a peculiar turn of phrase. As they were using the feast and making merry, there came a sudden blast of wind that shook the whole place, so that the hall they were in trembled, and the shields fell from their hooks, and the spears from their places, and the tables fell like leaves in an oak wood. All the young men were astonished, and Garag asked Mana’s druids what meaning they could put on that blast. And Olga, Mina’s chief druid, said, “I think it is no good sign for those who are come tonight to this wedding.” A blast of wind, he said, “A sorrowful sound. It is the man that will conquer.” And that’s where we leave it for this evening, folks. Thank you very much for tuning in. Slong the foe. We’ll see you next week. Everybody’s like, “No, we’ve only just started. There’s no way we could be finished already.” I just felt it there was kind of a bit of a cliffhanger moment there. You know, that we we could possibly have ended an episode on, but don’t worry, I am going to read on. Don’t drop off. Don’t don’t uh shut down your your your computers and your your phones just just now. A shield struck out of a white hand. The bodies of dead men laid under stones, a high stone over stiff bodies. The story is sorrowful. So this is still Olg Mana’s chief druid druid. And if you will take my advice, he said you will quit this feast this very night. Well, Brickrew had kind of said that uh before Mana and his troop left Kroen. He said, uh, it’s only one day or one night you’ll be there for. You you won’t be staying, you know. Terry’s hiking uh travels almost left. Yeah. So, something that uh Terry’s hiking travels, you if you haven’t been watching, something you’ll know about me is I have something of a ry sense of humor. Um, but he got a sharp rebuke from Mana for saying that, is it? So, here’s another thing. We can see it happening, right? But before it happens, I actually don’t know this story. I’m not really familiar with it at all. We can see where it’s like somebody’s saying something like Derra and the Sorrows, you know, somebody saying it’s like those horror movies. What was that noise down in that door at the end of that long hallway full of doors? Oh, I don’t know. But let’s not go down there and investigate. Don’t go down there. Don’t open that door. Let’s just go off somewhere else and try to go to bed and go to sleep. And they always go down the hall to the door. You can see it building up. You know, the prognosticators, whatever you might call them, uh the seers, the druids are basically saying, “This isn’t going to go well. Get out of there.” Uh and and of course, Mona is just brushing the hand going, “No, not that tall. Not that tall. It’ll be grand. Stop your stop your waffling. But he got a sharp re rebuke from Mana for saying that. And Garrick said there is no cause for any uneasiness. Sounds spoken in my best sort of impression of a politician for the men of Olter are not gathered at Owen at this time. And if they were itself, that’s what it says. And if they were itself, he said, I and my two sons would be ready to go out and fight against Conover along with you. They hung up their arms then again and gave no more heed to what the druid had said. Bad idea, folks. There’s only one thing worse than not listening to a druid. And I’m going to allow comments on that. What am I talking about, folks? What is the one thing in Irish myth repeatedly through all the episodes we’ve had that we’ve seen time and time again? What is worse than not listening to the druid? And it’s not listening to the druid. It’s not listening to [Music] Yeah. Let me let me have your thoughts now. On the morning of this very day, not listening to the woman Amanda June Hagerty. Yes. If there was a prize, you would be its winner. But there’s no prize except for being quick and brilliant. Exactly. Not listening to the woman. Now on the morning of this very day, when Kungavar was lying in his sleep at Owen, he saw in a dream a beautiful woman coming to his bedside and she having the appearance of a queen. So, here’s another quiz. Breaking a gish or a gasa. Yeah, actually that’s a good one. Uh, Patty, absolutely. And you’re probably right. It’s well up there, but that’s not what I was looking for. This one is a recurring theme. Uh, Amanda is bang on. Uh, the money not listening to the woman proves disastrous. Uh we see it with the Malaysians and Don telling Amaran to pay no heed of Eru. Uh silly boy. Uh so here’s another test. So Kavar is sleeping and he dreams of a beautiful woman coming to his bedside. In what other myth uh do do we have that theme? Uh male figure uh sleeping and a beautiful female comes to him in his sleep. Now, there could be more than one answer, but I’m thinking of one specifically that I’ve spoken and written a lot about. So, there’s another test uh for you to answer. Yellow platted hair she had and folds of silk over her white skin and a cloak of green silk from her shoulders and two sandals of white bronze between her soft feet and the ground. “All be good with you, Convar,” she said. So, that was odd. Yeah, something odd happening tonight because now the the title of the uh title has changed. Can you hear me and see me again? I see people saying whoops. Oh, no. Yeah. Yeah, there’s definitely some um technical issues tonight. Let me just change the episode title because for some reason it has changed back should be 347 episode 347 Kullan of my heaven at 13 but for some reason at the top of the stream it’s displaying 12 and I can’t change that because it’s it’s 13 here. I don’t know what’s going on. Okay, there we go. It’s changed now. And I mean, just let me know if you’re Am I back? Is everybody okay? And he’s back. What is the reason of your coming? said Convar. It is not long from this time, she said. That Olter will be attacked and will be robbed and the brown bull of Kinga will be driven away. And the son of the man that will do this thing, she said, Mana Morg, son of Eile and Mave, is coming this very night to his wedding with Ferof, daughter of Ger of Wrath Ini, and three times 50 young men with him. Rise up now, she said. There are but three times 50 men against you, and the victory will be with you. So here we are uh quite clearly in a scenario not just thrice 50 of a woman dispensing advice to a key figure in the myth. Will the man listen to the woman? Then Kungavar sprang up and sent for Kavad the druid and told him his vision. It is likely enough he said. So here now Kavar is doubting the provenence of the story or the truth of the story and is seeking a man’s advice about it because the woman’s advice wasn’t enough. It is like Excuse me. I’m going to have to take a drink for a moment. Uh pardon me while I s on some orange some orange aid. Yes. Espark 61. Is that a Dina Sparks? Dream of Angus. 100% right. Ashanga Anguso is exactly what I was thinking about when I made reference to a key male figure being approached by a beautiful woman in a dream. Thank you and well done for being the first to answer. Am I still on air? Uh, I hope so. So Leslie says no. Amanda June says probably not. Don’t know what that’s about. Oh, yeah. Probably not. As in listening to the man. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Amanda June. Did you pick up a gremlin? I don’t know. Just seems to be the night of uh Yeah. Leslie saying the same thing. Uh spooky. Uh where was I? It is likely enough, he said, this is Kavad talking back to Kungavar, that it is meant to warn us against the men of Kon. And you may be sure, he said, that if we stop here quietly, they will be doing their robbery. And let me have the truth from you now and tell me what is best to do, for there is not the like of you among the Druids. This is Kungavar talking back to Kaufad. And Kafad said, “It is what your vision means that many men will get get their death and Mana of Kanuk, he that is above all disgrace along with them. And he and his companions will never go back again to beautiful Kroen.” “But you yourself will come back safe,” he said, with fame and victory. Mariana Dunn. Yeah, a lot of people are having trouble with uh Facebook this evening, Mariana, and I’m seeing a a serious decrease in the number of uh live viewers compared to normal. So, uh Facebook is completely uh fcked up fckbook uh this evening. So, uh the advice is to watch on YouTube and pretty much all the viewers who are commenting are watching on YouTube. The Facebook feed failed for some reason. Then Kabar set out and there went with him Kaharak uh Katukhen a queen with a great name that had come to Owen from the country of Spain for the love of Khullen. Wow. And she went out now with Konavar’s army and there went with him as well the three outlaws of the race of the for the forans. Uh she uh Shiovara son of Sulara and Bernal Breck and Buri of the rough word and you f a cen Oh, he could have so much fun with that. I hope he doesn’t um uh make a fool of himself because then he would be a idiot. H you see I told you the humor is pretty uh piral juvenile. Yes, definitely. And son of uh Dublong Longshek of the old stock of Olter came and fa so fakl is teeth. So fabric uh interesting to know what that is something to do with teeth. the uh from great Asia and Forish Fingalok from the aisle of man. So Kungavar set out and three times 50 men with him. Here we go. Thrice 50 which we think is not exactly 150 but a large and uncountable number. Behave lol. Yeah. Did you say the f word? I think I did but not the usual one. The other one. And he brought home none of the men of Olter with him, but himself and his char. Pardon me. Sorry. Something dinging here. French ganas on 20 m. Exciting. Oh, there you go. Ah, sure. Let’s give him a call. Never mind. but himself and his chariot driver broad and Imran the druid Kavad’s son and none of them brought a servant with him except only Kungvar but their shields on their backs and their bright green spears in their hands and their heavy swords in their belts. And if they were not many in number, the pride of their minds was great. When they were come within sight of Wrathini, they saw a great heavy cloud over it, and one end of it black, and the middle red, and the other end green. Wow, that’s a weird color mix of colors for clouds. And Kunguar asked Imran the druid, “What is this cloud over the house, a token of truly?” said Imran, “It is a sign there will be fighting tonight, and the sorrow of death will be on the house like a cloud, and it is for a young man the death darkness is made ready.” Then Kungavar went on towards the dun and just at that time the great vat that belonged to the house and that afterwards got the name of the gola was brought into the feasting hall and it full of wine red or white. Perhaps a bottle of rosé instead. But whoever went to draw it let the silver vessel fall into the vat so that the wine flowed over the edges in three waves. My grief said Olga the druid. G Ae T sound looks like it might be a guol means ample or sort of good. The good wind. The druid of the good wind. Um, my grief, said Olga the druid, it is not long before these vessels will be with strangers. He is not a happy son born of a mother that is in this house tonight. Then Kavar came to the door and the strangers that were with him gave him their shout of attack around the dun as their custom was. At that Garag rose up and his two sons with him, Kon Koscarak and Kovak Ganesha Ganeshkl and they took a hold and they took hold of their arms. And Greg, sorry, Greg. I will start that sentence again. And Gurug said to Mana, “Let this be fought out now between us men of Olter till you see which of us is the bravest. And we are all answerable for you. And it is best for you that we should fight together. But if we fall, then let you hold the place if you can.” Just going to see where we are in terms of page count. go halfway and then read the other half next week. I think then Convar came to the door and the strangers that were with him gave their shout of attack around the dun as their custom was. Yes. Yes. I’ve read that already. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Never mind. Apologies. That’s live TV for Oh, Rex Forinbury is watching on Facebook. So Rex, there’s considerable problems with Facebook tonight. A number of people have said have reported that the feed has completely failed. Almost everybody who’s commenting is is watching on YouTube, but you’ve managed to get in on uh on Facebook. Greetings all the lads and lasses of the mighty Tua. I’m alive and well after my walkabout. Some 8,344 miles traveled and wonderful sightseeing. Shout out to the Colorado tour. Howdy gang. Let’s get my great to see you, Rex. By the way, um I suspect you’re an hour late. Well, you are because it’s a minute past nine here. Here in Ireland, we fell back uh at the weekend. Our clocks went back by an hour in the early hours of Sunday morning. So, um there’s a smaller time difference. So, forgive me for that. Um, forgive me for a couple of centuries of archaic uh, clockchanging practices. Probably not even a couple of centuries. Anyway, great to see you, Rex. And wow, 8,0004. Were you sort of halfway around the world or was that all in the one state or what laughing Maya? LMAO, the great Celtic warrior, Greg. Yeah. doesn’t quite have the same ring to it, does it? You know. Yeah. And we’re talking about that uh uh fa. It’d be hard to have that name in school. I would always be late to school. Uh Why are you late for school? Don’t you mean why am I late for school? I’m sorry. I’m getting much too joy out of that. It’s like that uh joke among the pilots when you know there’s a number of planes in in the uh what do you call it in the stack for landing at an airport and they’re all descending towards the runway and there’s a Fauler aircraft uh a twin engine or a single engine twin engine uh prop plane and behind it is a a Boeing 747 jumbo jet and uh the tower says to the 747 pilot you know uh you have traffic ahead three miles in front of you uh on on finals on finals for runway 23. H do you have him in sight? And of course the answer from the 747 pilot is yeah, copy that tower. We have the little in sight. Ah, brilliant. Yes, yes, yes. I’m deriving far too much pleasure from this. Let me get on with the reading, shall I? And then Greg, also known as Gurg. Georg. And then Gurg went out and his two sons along with him and their people and they held a place and fought Conavar outside. And for a long time they did not let anyone go past them. Hang on. I just want to see exactly where the halfway mark is now. Uh sorry. Yeah. Another page to page and a half. We should be about halfway. And for a long time did they did not let anyone go past them. And Gurg son stood outside the door and a hewing and cutting was aimed at him on every side. And five men of the famore fell by him and Imran the druid along with them. And he cut his head off and brought it to the door with him. Then Kak Katuken came between him and the door and she made a sharp attack on him. Well, I’m glad because let’s be honest, in an epic story such as this to say that she made a blunt attack on him wouldn’t quite have the same effect. It would be a little bit like saying, you know, it would be a little bit like calling Alexander the Great, Alexander the average, Alexander the barely sufficient, you know. She made a sharp attack on him, and Gurug struck her head off and brought it back with him into the house, for he had got a hard wound. And he threw the heads down before Mana and he sat down on a bed and he gave a heavy sigh and asked for a drink as you do when you’re when you’ve got a a very large flesh wound. No, no, no, no, no. You don’t first seek the first aid kit or the medic. Uh drink first and then all that stuff later, you know. And then Kung Kubar and his people came up to the wall and they were holding their shields over their heads with their left hands and tearing down the wall with their right hands till they were able to make their way through it. Then broad Conover’s chariot driver threw one of the spears he had in his hand into the house and it went through Gar’s body and through the body of Arishek, his servant that was behind him. Oh, unlucky place to be at that moment in time. so that the two of them fell together and Kungavar attacked Gar Garug’s people in the house so that 30 of them fell and he killed Kung Garug’s son by his own hand and many of his own people got their death as well. And thus, ladies and gentlemen, was the sudden and sad end of Greg the Great. Poor Greg. Ah, there’s a bit of fun in this. Wouldn’t be fun if you were there and you were involved watching all of this horror unfolding before your eyes. But hey, it’s a story and you know, is it based on reality? Probably better not to think about that sort of thing right now. Oh, here’s a question. How would you translate? How would you pronounce uh TF TFid TFid trer throer? I’m more confident about the surname, the second name. Uh TFid TFid and I don’t know about uh uh translation. Absolutely don’t. Patty says, “Greg got kebabed by con. He barely got skewered. A smurf thinks that the head hunting was interesting. The whole city decorated with skulls.” Yeah, it sounds like it, doesn’t it? Then Noagal, Gurug’s wife, rose up, “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned or deprived of a husband.” And she gave three great angry cries of grief. and she took the head of her husband into her bosom. By my word, she said, it is a fine servant’s deed broad to have killed Gurug in his old in his own house. But there are many, she said, that will keen you. And as you have fallen on account of your daughter, many women shall have sorrow on account of you. And she made this complaint. It is a good fight Garug made that is lying here now. The fair-haired champion with the red sword. He that was proud, open-handed, brave, wise, beautiful. Where is there a better hero than Gurug? Where is the man that has not anger on him? Where is the army that does not keen for your death? It is grief to me to see you on your bed of death. Oh beautiful fair-haired fair-haired gurg. It is a pity for me you to be dead. Before you here in Rathini and at Lanya and at Irard and in the valleys of the south there were many women who gave you their love. You were the friend of every army. Everyone gave you full obedience. Your friendly word was very dear was dear to everyone. Surely it is you were the good advisor. It is a great It is great. It is great indeed. Your deeds were. It is stately. Your assemblies were. You were a king among great lords. Your house was great. It was well known. The house within which harm came to you. It was there broad killed you in the hall of kings. It was a great harm and a great curse broad put on us. He to kill a king of Ireland before his time. He has killed him. He has killed all of us along with him. And doesn’t that um keening poem uh from um Noal uh Gurg’s wife, doesn’t it have a very I think Tolkenesque air to it? You could almost imagine the same thing being said or sung upon for instance the death of Boramir in Lord of the Rings. And um I have no doubt that Tolken and others were uh very heavily influenced in their reading of European and in particular Celtic mythology. Yeah, Gretchen uh watching on YouTube. Uh uh yes, there is a problem with the Facebook feed tonight. It has failed for some reason. We’re not sure why. Everybody that’s watching at the moment is watching on YouTube except for Rex Foronbury who seems to have found a way in on on Facebook remarkably. So yeah, um YouTube uh works apparently perfectly well, but we did have one glitch earlier. I had Yeah, thanks Anthony says Andrew. I I’ve had a try to decipher. It seems to mean triple heart, triple tonged. Oh wow. The settling of the manner of Tara is attributed to him. Uh very good. Yes, yes, yes, yes. in which Finton Mcbourra settles the argument about why does the king have so much land. Yes indeed. Then Gerug’s two sons said they would hold the place and they were not without killing many in the fight. So again the So remember Lady Gregory is trying to translate as literally as possible. Um but what a way to word it. And they were not without killing many in the fight. Whereas in English, if we were writing that, we would just say, “And they killed many in the fight.” Then Mana could not hold his strength any longer, which let’s face it, is not a good sign, and he went out to avenge his father-in-law. And his three times 50 companions rose up along with him, and it was not easy to stand against them. Again, you could say uh it was difficult to stand against them. There was great pride in the mind and great courage in the heart of every one of them. And there was great desire and longing on them to do high deeds. And as to Mana, the king’s son, he was stately, kind, mannerly, and although he was hardly out of his boyhood, he was braver in the fight than any other. He was gentle in the drinking house, and he was hard in battle. And he was mindful of his enemies, and he was pitiful in wounding, and a splendor of treasure, and a stone of anger, and a wave of justice. And he was the head in the gatherings of the three concts, and their hand in spending, and their fitting king. Now, let me just check something here. while I’m talking tears. Um, sorry. So this story of uh the wedding of uh Mana Morabore is not in fact I think uh one of the uh Remale or the four tales to Toybo Kuna. By the way, so we’re finished for tonight. We’re going to finish uh the wedding story next week and then we’re on to the big story of the Kullan of Mavna. uh uh stories of sagas which is the war for the bull of Kuna the actual toinball Kuna um and that’s going to be a long one that’s going to last several episodes uh so the REM scale let me just make sure that I have this right because I want to make sure I have it from a scholarly source So the ones that are considered the most significant REM well maybe it is I could be wrong about it not being but the most significant of the Ram scale or the Ram scala theor in Duka the tale of the two pig keepers or swine herds Ashling Angus episode, the dream of Angus. We’ve been talking about that tonight. Um, Tornbo Regala, the cattle raid of uh, Regavan, MH Regan, Tornbo Freick, which we’ve did some episodes on and we were talking about recently. Um, uh, Toinbo Dardata, the catarade of Dart, Tokar Emmer, the wooing of Emer fled Brickan, uh, Brick’s feast, and Idim for Epha, the death of Epha’s only son. Yeah. So, we have definitely read some of those. Um, not sure about the tale of two pigeers. We’ve done thinbog freak. We we’ve certainly done aspects of tuk mark emer but I suspect we did the whole thing in several episodes. Rick’s feast. We did I did aim for ea not I I don’t definitely mentioned it in various episodes. I’m not sure if we’ve done it in in full. So plenty of stuff still. As I said there’s tons and tons of stuff. English is a language of pig herders. If the Malaysian story is true, says Smurf, I’m of the line of Heber. Is your name Murphy by any chance? Um, is it Heber or Arammon? Uh, I I had given to understand that the Murphy’s claim to be descended from Arammon. Yeah. But uh of course I’m not saying I’m right and and I can’t remember where I read that to be honest. Anyway, uh comments and questions welcome. We’ve been on for an hour and 22 minutes. So, um and I don’t have to put the bins out tonight. Why? Because it’s Tuesday night. I did that last night and they were collected this morning. Yay. Victory for me, right? Um, anything coming up that we need to mention? I’m at Ishnach on the eth Saturday, the 8th of uh, November, which is Saturday week for their sin festival. They’re uh, they’re they’re famous, Ishnak is famous for its Balta festival. Now they’re having a a sawin festival. I’ll be doing uh, some storytelling it looks like. And also, I’m giving a talk about astronomy. If the night is clear, we’ll be doing that on the top of the hill under the stars. If it’s not clear, we’ll be doing it in a tent and I’ll have to uh bring out a computer and show you some other things. But uh uh for tickets, ishnock.ie. That’s Oh, yeah. I better spell that just in case some of you are not familiar. Uneieie for tickets for the Sen Festival. Looking forward to seeing some of you there. Uh, as I say, I’m uh I’ve uh the uh Northern Ireland Astronomers on next Monday the third. Let me just check my calendar to see the stuff that I need to mention. Uh oh, an interesting one. Uh on the 23rd of November, I will feature uh along with dozens and dozens of other musicians in a uh mass being broadcast on RTEV on Sunday morning, the 23rd of November, I think at 11:00 a.m. Uh I will be playing a replica of an 8th century horn. So some of you may know I’m in a brass band, have been for years and years, play the euphonium. Uh, so I will be playing that and possibly a replica of an ard bin trumpet as well. So keep an eye out for that. Yeah, fascinating stuff. Uh, Jamie Davvern is saying, “Good day tuning in from Maine in the US.” You’re very welcome, Jamie. Just at the end of the episode, but of course, we will encourage you absolutely please do come back for next week’s episode. 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Thanks all uh for uh joining us. No level gets a calendar. You have to buy the calendar, unfortunately. Amanda, yeah. Oh, well, there it is. I I gave you the link. Thank you, Espark. Hope everyone has a great week. Stay safe. Yes, indeed. And happy Halloween, as I say, and we’ll be with you before salon. All going well on this day week. All the very best. A very good night to you all. Thanks for joining us. And all that remains for me to say is to which means take it