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  • Re: The landlady's eyes opened wide with delight

    From Blueshirt@21:1/5 to David Dalton on Sat Mar 29 18:36:21 2025
    XPost: soc.culture.irish, ie.general, rec.music.folk

    David Dalton wrote:

    I have previously said that in the song Wild Rover
    “The landlady’s eyes opened wide with delight.”
    could refer to the waxing (opening) of the new/dark
    moon (closed eye) to full moon (open eye).

    Or, they were opening wide with delight at seeing a handful
    of sovereign coins.

    I reckon you over-think things! ;-)

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 28 22:03:06 2025
    XPost: nf.general, soc.culture.irish, ie.general
    XPost: rec.music.folk, uk.music.folk

    I have previously said that in the song Wild Rover
    “The landlady’s eyes opened wide with delight.”
    could refer to the waxing (opening) of the new/dark
    moon (closed eye) to full moon (open eye).

    However that is only one eye.

    But tomorrow morning at 7:53 a.m. here in St. John’s,
    Newfoundland, due to a partial solar eclipse, the
    sun will be 85% covered, and you can consider the
    coming out of that as the opening of the other eye.

    The song Wild Rover is very important to me since
    it heavily influenced my Wild Rover Poe-M on or
    near Bloomsday of 1993, during my second waning
    crescent high, thus I hope for a return of sorts
    beginning tomorrow morning.

    --
    David Dalton [email protected] https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) "I'm on my way; And I must flag the last train down" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x0jjvslUuY (Bill Bourne - Baggins)

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to Blueshirt on Sat Mar 29 18:33:27 2025
    XPost: soc.culture.irish, ie.general, rec.music.folk

    On Mar 29, 2025, Blueshirt wrote
    (in article <[email protected]>):

    David Dalton wrote:

    I have previously said that in the song Wild Rover
    “The landlady’s eyes opened wide with delight.”
    could refer to the waxing (opening) of the new/dark
    moon (closed eye) to full moon (open eye).

    Or, they were opening wide with delight at seeing a handful
    of sovereign coins.

    I reckon you over-think things! ;-)

    I liken the prodigal son’s years of wild roving to Rama’s
    14 years in the wilderness, and to my 29 low/working
    years, and the sovereigns bright to my hard negotiated
    mystic proposal for the world developed during those
    29 wilderness years. (On the other hand Jesus had
    only 3 low/working years.)

    However my attempt beginning this morning has failed
    and I won’t try again until sunset tomorrow, regardless
    of whether or not I sight the moon then.

    --
    David Dalton [email protected] https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) "I'm on my way; And I must flag the last train down" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x0jjvslUuY (Bill Bourne - Baggins)

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 29 21:27:23 2025
    XPost: soc.culture.irish, ie.general, rec.music.folk

    On Mar 29, 2025, David Dalton wrote
    (in article<[email protected]>):

    On Mar 29, 2025, Blueshirt wrote
    (in article <[email protected]>):

    David Dalton wrote:

    I have previously said that in the song Wild Rover
    “The landlady’s eyes opened wide with delight.”
    could refer to the waxing (opening) of the new/dark
    moon (closed eye) to full moon (open eye).

    Or, they were opening wide with delight at seeing a handful
    of sovereign coins.

    I reckon you over-think things! ;-)

    I liken the prodigal son’s years of wild roving to Rama’s
    14 years in the wilderness, and to my 29 low/working
    years, and the sovereigns bright to my hard negotiated
    mystic proposal for the world developed during those
    29 wilderness years. (On the other hand Jesus had
    only 3 low/working years.)

    However my attempt beginning this morning has failed
    and I won’t try again until sunset tomorrow, regardless
    of whether or not I sight the moon then.

    No, I am trying to complete an attempt by early April Fool’s Day,
    and Saudi Arabia claims to have sighted the moon today, so
    I began a new global new age mystic activation sequence
    attempt at 2329 UTC March 29, 2025.

    Of relevance to Ireland, Amergin and Fionn had the common
    seven years of low/working/wilderness/foresaken years.
    Jacob had 7+an 11 year sunspot cycle=18. I have had
    7+2 11 year sunspot cycles=29. Jesus and Gwydion
    had 3. Rama, Moses, and Mohammed had 3+11=14.

    The common seven is mentioned in this poem,
    from John Matthews book Taliesin..., on p. 90:

    Seven years your right, under a flagstone, in a quagmire,
    Without food, without taste, but the thirst you ever torturing,
    The law of the judges your lesson, and prayer your language:
    And if you like to return
    You will be, for a time, a Druid, perhaps.
    (Ancient Irish Poem)

    But anyway, this is getting off topic for the music groups,
    so if you are interested further see alt.religion.druid .

    --
    David Dalton [email protected] https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) "I'm on my way; And I must flag the last train down" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x0jjvslUuY (Bill Bourne - Baggins)

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  • From David Dalton@21:1/5 to All on Sun Apr 6 20:24:58 2025
    XPost: nf.general, soc.culture.irish, ie.general
    XPost: rec.music.folk, uk.music.folk

    On Mar 28, 2025, David Dalton wrote
    (in article<[email protected]>):

    I have previously said that in the song Wild Rover
    “The landlady’s eyes opened wide with delight.”
    could refer to the waxing (opening) of the new/dark
    moon (closed eye) to full moon (open eye).

    However that is only one eye.

    But tomorrow morning at 7:53 a.m. here in St. John’s,
    Newfoundland, due to a partial solar eclipse, the
    sun will be 85% covered, and you can consider the
    coming out of that as the opening of the other eye.

    The song Wild Rover is very important to me since
    it heavily influenced my Wild Rover Poe-M on or
    near Bloomsday of 1993, during my second waning
    crescent high, thus I hope for a return of sorts
    beginning tomorrow morning.

    Well, it is still not full moon, so the moon eye is still opening. :-)

    --
    https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) "This could be the final breath; This is life and death;
    This is hard rock and water; Out here between wind and flame;
    Between tears and elation; Lies a secret nation" (Ron Hynes)

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