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I dance when sweeping the house... Also, I bless the earth with gentle steps

Love this thank you for teaching me this so needed proverb I will share with others that need this encouragement

I enjoyed it very much! Thank you.

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Thank you for this story, Kate, I love everything you say about it, the many good lessons in it. I'm reminded of a story from a teen center where I once volunteered. The kids had tough stories in thrir lives. A group of them met regularly, and created new, happy endings to that changed everything. What a wise bunch they were; what hopeful, strong hearts.

I'm so glad I found you. Thanks very much for sharing your wisdom and skills. I'm beginning to start several new creative projects, and you are very helpful. Here's my new daily verse: "I am a generous host for my own creativity." Blessings.

"me conmueve" Kate, to listen to you, all the big truths you say of our heart... So many times in life i've been in front of "take a choice".... ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Thank you Kate for your valuable advice !!! I have been singing in choirs since I was 17 Now I ' m 68 and I still want to sing alone ; however, I don't dare to do so because I have a family of musicians and I have always thought I' m not so good as them Your words have touched my heart and perhaps...

So true! 💖

Nothing is better!

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setanta grew up in ulster not northern ireland total stupid educate yourself

I love these traditions for good health , especially whiskey and laughter. Can't wait to tell my brother, who'll be particularly glad to hear it.😅Every one of them good. And I love that recovering from some malady is "coming back to yourself." Thank you, Kate. More treasures from you. And the closeness of a cure to the pain one might encounter, too. Thank you for all!

Thank you do much I really do enjoy listening to you.

I love Mother Mary...❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Thank you, Kate. 💚

Couldn't agree more Kate! My mother used to say that! ❤

I am a faith filled person but sometimes I falter ,my hope fades and I have doubts. On one occasion of this night of the soul, my friend asked me one little thing…” is God a liar?” It was like electro shock on the faltering heart of my belief. How easily said and it saved my heart.

"Love, I find is like singing. Everybody can do enough to satisfy themselves, though it may not impress the neighbors"- Zora Neale Hurston

Lovely to be in touch again!You are my Irish fairy,dying to learn from you,for my roots are in Clane Kildare but Daddy during 2nd W.W. joined the R.A.F and married in Italy and there I have been stuck although every summer we were travelling all around Erin cause we suffered so much being abroad. This is why you are my princess and I shall now introduce you yo my Irish friends in Rome! Slan go foill! Poilin💚

Very apropos for these times.

If you please can I gather information of all videos you posted . In the past only travel aboard or looking for books to learn new information. Nowadays TH-cam channels as open universities for every one google is our library.

Thank you for your wonderful cultural channel dr Kate . Iam Arabic lady subscriber to several British and American TH-cam channels. We are as foreigners subscribers as overseas students want to increase our cultural level improve our English as well . I just read about Irish people lead longer and healthier lives than most Europeans. Eighty percent of Irish people reported being in good health. There are strong relationships with religion in Ireland and healthy traditions such as blessed objects , sacred sites , holy wells , holy water , prayer were documented as cures for various ailments . There was strong presence of healers individuals whom had specific cure in Irish society. Best wishes for you your dearest ones . I hope I can learn a lot from your knowledge.

You have such a bright lovely presence

🍃I am the one who thanks you, Kate. You have chosen a beautiful story to tell... Perhaps in it, given the twists and turns of life, by choosing kind characters, there is hope, if the person riding the wheel comes across stones on the way... Evil characters scare, cloud the view of the landscape and the perception of what is beneath our feet... If someone falls, someone will have to come to help. The wheel cannot move alone...🌱

I grew up the oldest of 7 so I had a built in audience for my storytelling. Because I left home at 17, I always felt my story was about becoming a wanderer and choosing adventure over staying close to family. I recently changed that image when I learned from an astrologer that it is my nature to carry my home in my heart. I love exploring and making new friends. I would never have been happy to stay in one place.

Thanks a million!

What a lovely story! And wouldn't it be wonderful if we all could be like that with one another? Making sure everyone has a home, and friends? Thank you, Kate. I have indeed been laboring under an old story, and lately doing my best to unearth all of it, and find out how I can change it. You may have given me a key here--take one aspect...a character, or an idea, or anything else. Thank you! ❤

I thoroughly enjoy watching them in the background playing with each other. They are like little fairies running up and down the stairs.

Re: the nettle and the darkleaf? It’s kind of like over here of the coast of America….poison ivy, and Jewel weed. A lot of times, especially in wetter areas, you’ll find poison ivy and jewel weed growing together…. And jewel weed is a folk treatment for poison ivy rash.

You were just talking about just talking about getting sleep. I have horrible sleep problems. Wake up frequently in the night, etc. But I often have my phone just playing in the background so I can just quietly hear background noise. Some people sleep with the TV on the light of the TV bothers me… anyway, your voice is so calming. Have you ever thought of doing a playlist of Irish stories that could be used for sleep. That literally just go on for a while. It would take some time for you because obviously I’m talking about a couple hours worth. But that would be fantastic. Just because like I said, your voice is so calming.

Hey, we’re just talking about getting sleep. I have horrible sleep problems. Wake up frequently in the night, etc. But I often have my phone just playing in the background so I can just quietly hear background noise. Some people sleep with the TV on the light of the TV bothers me… anyway, your voice is so calming. Have you ever thought of doing a playlist of Irish stories that could be used for sleep. That literally just go on for a while. It would take some time for you because obviously I’m talking about a couple hours worth. But that would be fantastic. Just because like I said, your voice is so calming.

Beautiful! 💚

Thank you for your wonderful cultural literary channel dr Kate . Iam Arabic lady subscriber to several British and American TH-cam channels. We are as foreigners subscribers as overseas students want to increase our cultural level improve our English as well , literature lovers too. Actually i studied English both language and literature till second year and I left college , it’s will of god not mine . I studied in drama two Irish plays ( riders to sea ) by John milingto Synge , genre tragedy about mother who lost six sons drowned at sea . Political play ( rising of the moon ) written by Augusta lady Gregory was founder of Abbey theatre. I read about Irish language known as Gaelic or Celtic language of indo European language family. Gaelic consists of 18 letters, doesn’t contain ( j , k , a , v , w , y , z . The Irish people believe in superstitions , holy wells unlucky omen , cures of well . Black Irish in 19 th and 20 th referred to Irish American. Irish folklore included banshees , fairies, leprechauns, other mythological creatures. I just found out that author of famous horror novel Dracula is Irish bram stoker , unfortunately he didn’t win any awards during his lifetime, however after his death bram stoker award was set up to honor his literary achievement in gothic horror tales . I just read right now about famous Irish fairy tale children of lir king of Ireland, his second wife who get rid of his kids to have throne for self . I hope I can learn a lot from your knowledge. My name is khatoon it’s Turkish origin name means Nobel lady as princess. My road rise up to meet you and your loved ones. ( howaya) . Iam so sorry to be little long but reading and writing both are great ways to improve our English as non native speakers.

This channel is fun, full of energy, and is really inspiring.

I _loved_ this story! Stories of kindness, fellowship and "paying it forward" are my favorites. I think this is the way Heaven is, and certainly, this is the way we should treat one another in this world.

Does a storm have a special Irish meaning? Forecast is heavy storm, thought of you, because you're Irish. Best wishes. Hope you are feeling well. By us the weather forecast is often untrue, all kinds of alarms, but it is nothing. I do not know anything about it, just say: love you.

Animals and especially pets can be very amusing. They add to the videos, just like switching up your outfits or decor makes an interesting change. You can always include some bloopers at the end!

I love this! Thank you, Kate, ever and always. The Tennyson excerpt speaks to me. Edna so funny to me! Good for her! I love the image of a crowd of poems as a motley crew. I love line by line, and writing by hand. I love your suggestions for memorizing, how intimately I'll come to know the poem and the poet. Beautiful the last Frost poem. Bits and snatches of Dorothy Parker, Yeats' Second Coming swim underwater in my mind. The first poem that came up for air, to find a few lines and memorize them, is Dylan Thomas' Winters Tale. Thank you so much!!

Love this perspective! Such a great story❤️♾️❤️ Reasons I love oral tradition & storytelling, the dynamic vibrancy of a tale's evolution. Yes, rewriting the story!

Thanks for brightening my day Kate ❤

"Step into who you want to be" 💗 This is so inspiring and so freeing! Thank you for sharing this!

Dear kate, Listining to your Storys always gives me warm shivers, it always means it Touches something deep inside of me It so full of love and love for me is gods way to speak to us And god is never judging So the kindness of the characters makes this Story so beautiful Thank so much You dear Kate

This story seems familiar to me. I love this version. There are a few stories that have haunted me. One is The Little Match Girl - a failure to make a critical leap of development due to having no caring/connected adult around. The other I don't recall much, but it's one of those captive stories (Bluebeard, Rumpelstiltskin, etc.) and the little girl has to empty the ocean by the spoonful into a bucket or/while being condemned to peeling potatoes for the king forever. (I'm probably mixing two tales together, but that's the memory.) Both of these are about helplessness and lack of agency. They've scared me since I was little. Often helpful animals help out with impossible tasks. Maybe a new ending would incorporate something with that. One other tale that really gets me is The Erl King. That is the predicament of growing up whole vs having your soul stolen. Chills.

I vaguely remember my Nair (grandmother) and my daddy telling this story, but it was much like the other version of the boastful haughty man. I like this version. It makes me look at the ego self and the spiritual self within where the ego beats up the mind with thoughts of pride or degradation of self, and the spiritual self has to remember to invite that ego in to sit a spell and be kind , to work together and realize that together always has a much better outcome. I think that is why we feel stuck. pulling ourself against itself. I know that sounds a bit schizophrenic...hahaha.

Thank you Kate! I like the reminder of charity with graciousness.

Mer Cait, I think you’re a mind reader! Yes, I have an old story that needs a rewrite! What an exceptional idea! I was searching for grace just this morning, go raibh maith agat, now I’m closer to finding it. You’re brilliant!

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I love your stories and wisdom

What a lovely start to this day, to hear this story and your reflections. It calls to mind one of my favorite Carrie Newcomer songs ("Writing A Better Story") which I think I'll listen to again while painting my kitchen and thinking of stories~