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King Ireland - Studies of Dreams, Mystics, Paranormal - Posted: 4th Sep, 2005 - 8:00am
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Post Date: 11th Aug, 2005 - 1:44pm / Post ID: #
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Goat crowned King of Ireland at ancient festival
Reuters - A wild mountain goat was crowned King of Ireland on Wednesday in an ancient annual ritual whose origins are lost in the mists of history.
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Post Date: 3rd Sep, 2005 - 9:33am / Post ID: #
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Well, it seems pretty weird to me, but I would go see it if I was in the country. Its one of those unique items that helps define a culture and its past. I would be very interested to know the local folk lore surrounding it, in better detail than the article has. I'm sure there are a million and one stories as to how it came about, each one more interesting than the next.
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Well it seems that no one really knows the background about it and they merely keep it as an 'excuse' for festivities:
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| "Nobody really knows how it came about or when," said Jean Kearney, a spokeswoman for the festival, which is expected this year to attract more than 100,000 visitors for a marathon of music, drinking and dancing. "It has been traced back to the 1600s, but some say it dates back to a festival held in pagan times." One theory is that the event pays tribute to a wild goat that alerted the town to the advancing armies of military leader Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century. Another is that it stems from the pagan Celtic festival of Lughnasa, when feasting and sacrifices marked the start of the harvest season, and that the goat is a pagan fertility symbol. "For the people round here it's no exaggeration to say the Puck Fair is almost as important as Christmas," Kearney said. |
Post Date: 4th Sep, 2005 - 8:00am / Post ID: #
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I think some of the fun is that no one really knows. So the local folks probably pass down their own stories and legends as to its beginning. That type of lore is allot of fun to study, and one of them is sure to trace back the farthest. No one will likely ever know for sure where it came from. But it seems like a fun tourist attraction and festival for the community.
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