Saint Brigid ma kahi kokoke i Kildare Town

Saint Brigid's Well, aia ma waho pono o Kildare Town ma ka pololei,ʻo ia kekahi o nāʻike liʻiliʻi loa e pili ana i ka poʻe Irish -ʻo nā malihini hoʻi i kahi Irish National Study e pili kokoke ana i ka manawa, eʻae wale i ka huakaʻi kaʻawale.

ʻO ka nani loa ia. ʻO ka puna maoli he wahiʻuhaneʻuʻuku loa ia me nā pilina kahiko. A ma muli o ka hana hou o ka pūnaewele (kahi lanakila ma ka hoʻolālāʻana,ʻoiai paha he mea i maʻalahi paha), hiki i kekahi ke hoʻomaopopo he mea "kūikawā" kēlā i nā kānaka no nā makahiki.

A he mau manaʻoʻiʻo paha ma o nā makahiki ... ma hope o nā mea a pau, ua'ōleloʻiaʻo Brigid he akua wahine ma mua o kona liloʻana i kahuna .

BrigidʻO wai?

He naniʻo Brigid, mai kahi o kahi āu i hele aku ai iā ia - a ua hoʻololiʻia e Saint Patrick iā ia iho, ua komoʻo ia i loko o ka pule pulepule me ka haʻaleleʻana.

I ka paleʻana i ka mareʻana i ke kāne, ua hoʻowahāwahāʻo ia iā ia iho -ʻo ia ka moʻolelo maʻamau,ʻaʻole naʻe kekahi o kāna mau kiʻi e hōʻike i kēia. Aʻo kona hoʻohana mauʻana i ka "bed-chama" wahine (ʻo ia hoʻi kekahi o ka lore a me ka moʻolelo) hiki paha ke hōʻikeʻia he kumu kumu.

ʻO ka meaʻoiaʻiʻo maanei, e like me keʻano o kaʻoihana Pilidana i lilo i ka noho o kahi monasona ma Kildare, a piʻi aʻe i kahiʻoihana bishop. ʻO kahi halepule i moekoloheʻia? He wahine i pelekikena? ʻO kēia,ʻo ia, e'ōlelo mākou "heʻole". Akā uaʻikeʻia, e like me nā kiʻi kiʻi o Brigid hou i hōʻike aku iā ia me ka limahana o ka bishop.

Hoʻohuiʻia ka hoʻohuiʻia a me ka pono, me ka ahi e hoʻomālamalama mau ana a hānaiʻia e kāna mau haumāna.

E hōʻoia i kaʻoiaʻiʻo aia he akua hoʻomana kiʻi i kapaʻiaʻo Brigantia, keʻano o nā moʻolelo e pili ana i kēia mau mea a pau.

ʻO kahi wahi nani

ʻAʻole e pau kēiaʻano kupaianaha i ka wā e kipa aku ai i ka Paikea Hemolele i hoʻolaʻaʻia iā Brigid, aia ma kahi mau mile ma ke komohana o Kildare Town.

Ma ka hopena o kahi alahaka liʻiliʻi alanui (aʻaʻole i pōmaikaʻiʻia me nā wahi kaʻa he nui), he wahiʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma kēia mau lā. ʻO kahi pūnāwai i hoʻopaʻaʻia (kahi e kūpono ana) e hānai i kahi kahawai lalo iho o ke kahawai,ʻo ia keʻano e lele ana i loko o ka'īpuka o ka pōhaku, a laila e hoʻopau ana i kahi hae keleawe o Brigid pono'ī. Ke laweʻana i kahi kūkū, e kau ana i ke keʻa, e hoʻolimalima i ka perm a paʻa i ke ahi. E lawe i nā keʻa a hele paha i kahi pana'āina o ka hoʻomana. ʻOiai paha ua maikaʻi ka pūnāwai, maikaʻi loa ma mua o ka pōʻeleʻeleʻana o Irish (a i Palladius) ma kahiʻoihana a ke Akua.

ʻO ka Folk Religion ola

I kēia mau lā, he hui'ē aʻe o ka hoʻomana Karistiano maʻamau a me nā hana kuʻuna i kēia wahi - ua hoʻoikaikaʻiaʻoe e'ōlelo i nā pule ma nā keʻena (ʻo nā pōhaku e kahakaha ana i ke kahawai lalo) ma kahi hōʻailona. Akā,ʻoi aku ka maopopo o kēia ma mua o nā mōhai a me nā hōʻailona i nakinakiʻia i kahi lāʻau kokoke i ka pūnāwai. Nā mōhai i ka mīkini, aiʻole ka loci akamai .

Ke hōʻike hou nei kēia mau haʻahaʻa i kekahi mau mea'ē aʻe, a me nā mea e moe ana i loko o ka makani ...

No ke aha e hele aiʻoe e hele i ka haipule Brigid's Well

ʻO ka mea mua loa, he kānalua kēia he kahua nui kahiko,ʻo kēia mau lā i hoʻolaʻaʻia no "Mary of Gael", hoʻohana mauʻia no ka hoʻomana ma kahiʻano kuʻuna, aʻoi aku keʻano kaulana.

ʻO ia kahi meaʻuʻuku loa i kaʻuhane, me kaʻikeʻoleʻoe i kahiʻaoʻao āu e hahai nei iāʻoe (koe naʻe,ʻo ia, ke hahai neiʻoe i ke ala o Richard Dawkins). Aʻo ka mea hope loa, kahi e ākea aiʻoe e nānā i ka Kristiano Irish, me kaʻole e komo i loko o ka hopena - ma hope o nā wahi he wahi hoʻomana a me kahi mea hoʻokipa.

Ma kekahiʻaoʻao ...ʻo ka hopena, eʻike pahaʻoe, "loaʻa", ka lewa o kahi - aʻaʻole pahaʻoe e hana. ʻOiaʻiʻo, hiki iāʻoe keʻike iā ia heʻano nani o ka hoʻolālā māla, i hoʻonaniʻia me kahi kiʻi hoʻomana kiʻi, akā,ʻaʻole ia e hana i ka hoʻoponopono ponoʻo St. Brigid Well.

ʻO St. Brigid's Well i kahi kīhāpala