The Head-Stones of Boa Isle…



County Fermanagh, Wednesday, June 15th, 2022…

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Despite the plaited hair

this side of the ‘Janet and John’ stone

is now regarded as a masculine figure.

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Whilst this is the feminine.

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The hair of the two figures is entwined,

and it may be that the ‘belts’ of both figures

is actually a binding.

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In the oldest part of the Battle of Moytura,

the ‘Good-God’ of the Crafty Folk, who is also a giant,

takes the Morrigan on his back into battle…

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