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Irish_Dem

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8. Oh no, rainbows are so beautiful.

Reply to TomSlick (Reply #6)

Mon Dec 15, 2025, 08:43 PM

Dec 15

I guess you will have to see them with your heart!

My Irish grandmother used to talk to me about the leprechauns, the wee folk, and how to interact
with them when I came across them.

I was not sure if her tutorials were all that sound, given I was an American kid.
But I did keep an eye out for the wee folks, and was prepared.

I didn't realize it at the time of course, I was quite young, but I learned about
having an imagination, and things existing that I could not see,
and sentimentality and historical lore.

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"She's okay and wants us to know it" A lovely rainbow appeared over the ferry terminal at Duke Point as my wife, her [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Dec 15 OP

If you were Irish, you would be 100% sure she sent you the rainbow. Irish_Dem Dec 15 #1

The Scots would agree. TomSlick Dec 15 #3

Do the Scots have leprechauns too? Irish_Dem Dec 15 #5

I'm red/green colorblind. I can barely see rainbows and then only the yellow. TomSlick Dec 15 #6

Oh no, rainbows are so beautiful. Irish_Dem Dec 15 #8

I'm fifty percent Irish! Floyd R. Turbo Dec 16 #15

Wow that is a lot of Celtic DNA! Irish_Dem Dec 16 #26

😁☘️ Floyd R. Turbo Dec 16 #27

Where in Ireland are your people from? Irish_Dem Dec 16 #28

County Cork. I traced the clan back to 1825. Floyd R. Turbo Dec 16 #29

That is so cool. Irish_Dem Dec 16 #31

Nice. Floyd R. Turbo Dec 16 #32

The fortune teller may have been correct as some cultures count your first birthday as the day you were born. So artemisia1 Dec 15 #2

Interesting! Floyd R. Turbo Dec 16 #16

Amazing woman. May her memory be a blessing to us irisblue Dec 15 #4

Thank you. Floyd R. Turbo Dec 16 #17

My condolences on the passing on your M-I-L, Floyd Niagara Dec 15 #7

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That's absolutely what it meant. :) TrollBuster9090 Dec 15 #10

Cool! Floyd R. Turbo Dec 16 #20

I am so very sorry for your loss. She sounds an absolutely amazing woman. niyad Dec 15 #11

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I wouldn't be a bit surprised if it WAS a message from your mother-in-law. calimary Dec 15 #12

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Wow. To have lived that life is amazing. Your family has much to be thankful for in a time of grief. NNadir Dec 16 #14

It was! We are! Floyd R. Turbo Dec 16 #24

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