‘S e Là Buidhe Bealltainn a th’ againn an-diùgh, seann fhèill Cheilteach a bhiodh a’ comharrachadh toiseach an t-samhraidh.
Tha mòran lusan buidhe ann aig an àm seo, nam measg an conasg, am beàrnan-Brìde, a’ bhuidheag an t-samhraidh – agus lus buidhe Bealltainn fhèin.
‘S e dath ceangailte ri soirbheachadh, ri beannachdan a th’ ann am ‘buidhe’.
Bidh sinn ag ràdh ‘Nach buidhe dhut!’ latha an-diùgh fhathast -coltach ri ‘Aren’t you lucky!’.
Seo artaigil beag inntinneach mu lus buidhe Bealltainn:
http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1rzpj/TheNatureofScotlandi/resources/22.htm
It’s Beltane, May Day, today, the old Celtic festival which marked the beginning of summer .
There are many yellow plants at this time, among them whin, dandelion, buttercup – and the marsh marigold, called in Gaelic ‘the yellow Beltane plant’.
Yellow is a colour traditionally connected to prosperity, blessings. Even today we say ‘Nach buidhe dhut!’ – something like ‘Hasn’t a lot of yellow come your way!’ to convey the English expression ‘Aren’t you lucky!’.
(The Gaels traditionally thought more in terms of fate/predestination and blessings or ill-wishes from above than of random ‘luck’, without a religious context, in the modern sense.)
Here’s an interesting little article on the ‘lus buidhe Bealltainn’, in Gaelic and English.
http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1rzpj/TheNatureofScotlandi/resources/22.htm
Cha robh Runrig air an rathad fad bliadhna, gus beagan fois a ghabhail agus gus ùine fhaighinn airson pròiseactan ùra le buill a’ chòmhlain leotha fhèin.
