Irish Translation Forum

Hi! This is my first time visiting. I'm a Wiccan, and I'm looking for a translation for the Wiccan Rede. Any help is greatly apprieciated!!!

Know the Wiccan Rede thou must:
In perfect love and in perfect trust,
Eight words the Wiccan Rede fulfill--
If it harm none, do as thou will.
Ever mind the rule of three,
What thou sends forth returns to thee.
Follow these with mind and heart,
And merry meet and merry part.

Thank You!
Christy

That can be summed up in the Irish saying Fillean an feall ar an bhfeallaire Ireland has been Christian for 1600 years and there is virtually no Wiccan connection with Ireland.

Thank you for your help! What does Fillean an feall ar an bhfeallaire translate to?

Probably doesn't matter, but i'm a stickler for spelling

filleann

Redwolf wrote:

jadewolf82 wrote:Thank you for your help! What does Fillean an feall ar an bhfeallaire translate to?

Treachery returns to the betrayer.

i.e. the Irish version of the golden rule, "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" or however the kids are phrasing it these days

David

pennyrat wrote:Probably doesn't matter, but i'm a stickler for spelling

filleann

Admhaím mo dhearmad.

Having a sister that was obbsessed with wicca, it was amongst the celtic druids & the Celts before they were invaded.

JayRa377 wrote:Having a sister that was obbsessed with wicca, it was amongst the celtic druids & the Celts before they were invaded.

Can you any cite references? I'm sure that there were shamanic practices in Ireland, as in all cultures. Also folk healers and what wiccans might call "hedge witches". But I've not heard of good evidence for a system of witchcraft (with covens), in Ireland or anywhere else in the world. Gardner himself admitted he did a lot of "filling in the gaps".