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Origin of the word "Inspire" - Middle English "enspire", from Old French "inspirer", from Latin "inspirare" - 'breathe or blow into' ('in' = 'into' + 'spirare' = 'breathe'). The word was originally used of a divine or supernatural being, in the se...

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Beltane

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BELTANE

At dawn our Maggie rose

To wash her face in dew,

Sprigs o' rowan in her hair,

Red ribbon-laced her leather shoon.

Cattle led out to the summer pastures

Graze placidly through the day,

While villagers, auld and young,

Hied to the woods agatherin' the May.

Yestreen all sang and danced

The fertile season in,

Bonfires lit frae the sacred woods

Burned bricht amidst the din.

Ma said the witches are abroad

On ilka Beltane eve.

Hush, wee Florrie, dinna greet,

Here, wipe yer nose 'pon yer sleeve.

Ma left ale and bread for the wee folk

We should come to nae hairm.

Hush there noo, wee Florrie,

Juist ye take my airm.

Our Maggie gang a'Maying

Wi' the older lads and lassies.

Airmfuls of branches they will bring

Back to share wi' us bairnies.

Apple blossoms pink and white

They'll bring back frae the woods,

Rowan, hawthorn, maple, too,

If we be meek and gude.

A' back noo frae their fun and games

A' pink and bricht o' een,

But where's our Maggie, someone asks,

What did Florrie see yestreen?

A tall, dark lad, strange and prood,

As braw as braw could be.

Bless us! Our Maggie gang lost her heart

To the King o' the Sidhe.

Scots - English

shoon - shoes

hied - went

bairnies - children

bricht - bright

een - eyes

prood - proud

braw – good-looking; handsome