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Mi'le Fa'ilte
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Welcomes
There
are only 13 more shopping days until Christmas! Yes, 13… This year has gone by in a whirlwind. We are almost to the major giving day in
most of the world. We are giving $1.00
of every order from now until Christmas Eve to the USO & Marine Corp Toys
for Tots program. Celtic Attic has
adopted 2 children from our local giving tree and will get them holiday gifts
as well.
We
are still running our Half Off Shipping special all the way until Christmas
(does not apply to express shipping requests).
We decided to leave our Black Friday/Cyber Monday special online until
Christmas Eve. We have 25 items that you
can get at a discount of 15% off the retail price, while supplies last. The coupon code is BlackFriday and you can
shop now. We have put all our Black
Friday/Cyber Monday specials on the shopping portal A
Celtic Calling. The sale is listed
on the front page.
We
have about 1200 products now on the A Celtic Calling.com shopping portal. We have about 300 more to add, so if you
don’t see what you’re looking for be sure to visit celtic attic.com.
We
will be giving away a Christmas Treat Basket! (Gift Basket includes - 2 Holiday
coffee mugs, Irish or Scottish Tea, Irish Candy Treats bag and a Celtic
Pendant! Value $60.00) Enter Now! Anyone that enters now, will be put
into the Christmas Giveaway drawing...We will draw two winners for Celtic
Pendants for November as well… http://www.celticattic.com/contact_us/free_giveaway.htm
Most
of your Favorite Celtic Attic goodies are now in the new store location along
with a wide variety of other gifts and jewelry. We have balloon baskets, gift baskets and so much more! It is a Celtic & Gift Shop Paradise. We have just launched our line of Fairy Bath
products in the store. The store address
is 408 Pacific Ave, Bremerton WA 98337.
For those that would love to visit and get your Celtic on, drop by
Tues-Sat 11am-6PM.
Just a little bit of Irish
Well
what if you could see fairies and they were chasing butterflies in your
backyard? Would the world think you
sane? Would you care? Let me tell you of the Irish Fae Folk and
then you can decide for yourself if they are real or not. If you do believe, maybe you can bring the
magic of the Fairyland into your life.
Most
Fairies today are seen as beautiful fluttering creatures that you see out of
the corner of your eye or just imagine them to be dancing around happily. Not so of the ancient Celtic realms. Sidhe (pronounced Shee, a fairy) and other
magical creatures lived with human kind.
They were there to possibly teach and assist the human folk of the
land. Since they were a part of the
life process you have the mean, ugly, beautiful, sad, happy and death fairies
of the Celtic Isles. The people of the
Isles call their fairies wee folk. Lets
take a brief look at some Fae Folk.
Have
you ever had your heart leap and you had to stop and catch your breath? Have you ever thought about a place, a
thing, or a person and felt that you just belonged there, like your heart and
soul were in some way intertwined with it?
Close our eyes and see green trees, wide open lush valleys, streams
teaming with fish, fairies dancing, dragons roaming and leprechauns running
freely with human kind and of course magick a glitter everywhere. Welcome to the land of Erin. Come, SHH… you don’t want to awaken the
Banshee Fairy!
The
belief in fairies is an almost universal attribute of early folk culture. Fairies are magickal creatures that
entertain children and adults alike.
For adults the fairy represents the innocence of youth and the promise
that there is something more than just what we see. Most adults have lost the ability to see fairies peeking out from
behind a tree or chasing a butterfly across the lawn. To read about the Fae folk takes us back to childhood and cotton
candy, slip n slides and magic.
The
Leprechaun: A solitary creature
avoiding contact with mortals and other fairies. He is usually making shoes or protecting his pot of gold. It is said that if a mortal catches a
leprechaun and sternly demands his treasure, he will give it to him. He is very
symbolic of Ireland.
Merrows: The female is also called a mermaid (murúch)
or a sea-maiden (maighdean mhara). She
has the tail of a fish and web-like scales between her fingers; she is most
lovely and graceful. The male sits on a
rock, always scanning the sea for cases of brandy lost from wrecked ships.
Silkies: Are seals by day but men and women by
night. They are fabled to be extreme
beauties.
Lianhan
Shee: Love Fairy. She seeks the love of
mortal men at a high cost. She creates
such desire in her lovers that they will overcome all obstacles to embrace her.
She does insist on meeting her lovers in Tir-na-n-Og. Mortal men must die to enjoy her fairy delights.
Irish
Potatoes Soup
6
medium potatoes
2
medium onions
3
pints of stock or milk and water mixed
1-tablespoon
butter
Parsley
Salt
& pepper to taste
Peel
and dice and potatoes and chop onions.
Melt butter and gently cook the onions and potatoes in a covered
saucepan until soft but not colored.
Add the liquid, add seasoning to taste.
Cook for a while until warm.
Serve in bowls and decorate with chopped parsley.
As
Always, Peace
Kristin
and the staff at the Celtic Attic
408
Pacific Ave
Bremerton,
WA 98337
360-813-1113
360-531-1107
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