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Happy New Year
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A Happy New Year for everyone!
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New Year!
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Happy New Year to everyone!
Well, I guess that's all
Well, I guess that's all
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Fiannes(Fianna)
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Here is a short Information about Fiann.
Fianna Fáil
Its Irish and meaning "soldiers of destiny".
In early Ireland, fianna (singular fian) were small, semi-independent warrior bands who lived apart from society in the forests as mercenaries, bandits and hunters, but could be called upon by kings in times of war[citation needed]. They appear in Irish mythology, most notably in the stories of the Fenian Cycle, where they are led by Fionn mac Cumhaill.
Membership was subject to rigorous tests. In one such test the applicant would stand in a waist-deep hole armed with a shield while nine warriors threw spears at him; if he was wounded, he failed. In another his hair would be braided, and he would be pursued through the forest; he would fail if he was caught, if a branch cracked under his feet, or if the braids in his hair were disturbed. He would have to be able to leap over a branch the height of his forehead, pass under one as low as his knee, and pull a thorn from his foot without slowing down. He also needed to be a skilled poet.
They had three mottoes:
* Glaine ár g-croí (Purity of our hearts)
* Neart ár n-géag (Strength of our limbs)
* Beart de réir ár m-briathar (Action to match our speech)
Fianna Fáil
Its Irish and meaning "soldiers of destiny".
In early Ireland, fianna (singular fian) were small, semi-independent warrior bands who lived apart from society in the forests as mercenaries, bandits and hunters, but could be called upon by kings in times of war[citation needed]. They appear in Irish mythology, most notably in the stories of the Fenian Cycle, where they are led by Fionn mac Cumhaill.
Membership was subject to rigorous tests. In one such test the applicant would stand in a waist-deep hole armed with a shield while nine warriors threw spears at him; if he was wounded, he failed. In another his hair would be braided, and he would be pursued through the forest; he would fail if he was caught, if a branch cracked under his feet, or if the braids in his hair were disturbed. He would have to be able to leap over a branch the height of his forehead, pass under one as low as his knee, and pull a thorn from his foot without slowing down. He also needed to be a skilled poet.
They had three mottoes:
* Glaine ár g-croí (Purity of our hearts)
* Neart ár n-géag (Strength of our limbs)
* Beart de réir ár m-briathar (Action to match our speech)
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