G, GORT, ivy in the Ogham alphabet. The bird ... - Rodney Mackay

GEANAIR, gean. obs. woman; now, good humour, love,
approbation, a smile, also, greed; air, high, lofty, most
important. Formerly, the month now called January in the
English realms. Geanamh, obs. A sword, geanas, chastity, in
a good humour, pure, winter-like, cold and distant but goodwilled.
GEANTRAIGHE, gean + treaghaid, good humour +
transpiercing (creating a stitch in the side), magical music.
The spell of music was considered a magic gifted on
individual men by the gods. The first musician was Dagda,
who possessed the Harp of the North. His talents were
bequeathed to his son Lugh. When the Dagda's wife Boann
was in labour, he used the three types of music: goltraighe
(crying music), geantrighe (laughing music) and suantrighe
(sleeping music) to give her respite. Musical spells were
used by the Dagda and his sons to subdue the Fomors when
they ravaged the Undersea World.
GERAROID IARLA, Gerald Fitzgerald. Third Earl of Desmond
(1359 -1598). This historical figure appears here due to the
myth that his father cohabited with the love-goddess Aine.
It is said Maurice Fitzgerald raped the unfortunate mortalgoddess
and that Gerald was their son. Apparently Maurice
had some desirable characteristics for at his death the
legend arose that he was not dead but sleeping and would
arise from the waters of Loch Guirr to assist Ireland in a
time of danger. Other stories insist that he arises from the
Loch every seven years, surveying his lands on a white
steed. Loch Guirr is generally stated to be the final resting
place of Aine.
GEARR, short, hare, a favoured familiar of the baobh. Also a
weir for catching fish, short, transient, laconic, deficient,
grilse. The original form was geirrfhiadh, a "short deer", the
last word is now omitted.
"When I was a child there was a superstition that one
should say the word "hares" last thing at night on the last