> From: CA Muessig [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
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> * Molua or Lughaidh, abbot (608) - when he died, the birds wept
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Actually, there were many saints named Molua and Lugaidh. Padraig O/
Ri/ain suggests that most of them, if indeed any were historical, took on
the attributes and mythology of the pre-Christian deity, Lugh (whose
festival, Lughnasa, occurred at the beginning of August in many places).
Lugh was associated with two types of birds: ravens and wrens. Some
of the wren-day celebrations in Ireland resemble those done at Lughnasa.
Francine Nicholson
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