shilach

Updated: May 10, 2025

In the meanwhile may the Virgin, Child, and the Holy Trinity assist ye! Thereupon she looked at me fixedly for a moment, and then said, not in a loud voice, but in a low, half-whispered way, which was ten times more deadly: "'Biaidh an taifrionn gan sholas duit a bhean shilach! Then turning from the door she went away with long strides. Now, honey, can ye tell me the meaning of those words?"

George Henry Borrow - Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery