[kj] OT: Oddly Enough

[PRAEst76]

dub wrote:

> I was always told that the legend/myth of Tír na nÓg (Land of the Young),
> some way relates to fact that Atlantis, was somewhere off the coast of
> Ireland.

Rathlin?

> Another legend/myth was that of Hy Brasil, an island off the west coast of
> Ireland that only appeared every 7 years, but disappeared if approached or
> one died if they seen it.

Very familiar. I think I read something about this... or someone else 
did and informed me about it until some parts of it sunk in.

> As I say both these are legends or myths, but every legend has it's basis in
> fact somewhere?

this might be what I'm remembering hearing but my mind seems to often 
reject the details in favour of vagueness. Allows more mental sotrange 
for inane pop lyrics.

> If interested in that sort of thing
> http://www.cyberfae.com/library/fairyfaith/ffcc260.html 

Kinda but it's too much for me when I've run out of Ritalin. I'll wait 
for someone to make a documentory and then tape it and forget about it.

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