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Bóín Dé
from Poetry in Motion
Bóín Dé, mar atá sa Rúisis, Божья-Коровка; lieveheersbeestje san Ollainnis, ‘ainmhín ár nDé’.
Is le Maois, agus ní le Dia í, de réir na nGiúdach; bóín Mhuire sa Ghearmáin, seacht spota dá seacht lúcháir, dá seacht mbrón.
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Tarraingíonn sí an t-ádh ar dhaoine sa Tuirc is san Iodáil.
Lorgaímid go léir mianta ár gcroí is ár mbéal ón mBóín Dé.
Conas a iompraíonn neach chomh bídeach ualach ár dtola agus é fós ar a chumas eitilt?
Ladybird
Little cow of God, as it is in Russian, Божья-Коровка; in Dutch, lieveheersbeestje ‘little animal of our God.’
She belongs to Moses and not to God, according to Jewish tradition; little cow of Mary in Germany –seven spots for her seven joys, her seven sorrows.
She brings luck to people in Turkey and in Italy.
We all seek to have our wishes fulfilled by the little cow of God.
How does a creature so tiny heft the weight of our wishes and still be able to fly?
