(By the time the end of the week rolls around, the vaguer the better, as far as I’m concerned.) As for “ignis fatuus, the fair maid of ___” IRELAND, read this if you want to learn more about the ghostly phenomenon (which some folks call spunkie or hinkypunk).
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Ignis Fatuus means strictly a fatuous fire it is also called "Jack o' Lantern," "Spunkie," "Walking Fire," "Will o' the Wisp," and "Fair Maid of Ireland." Milton calls it Friar's Lanthern, and Sir Walter Scott Friar Rush with a lantern.
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In the centuries that followed, dozens of antiquaries have recorded anecdotes and personal accounts of the ignis fatuus, ... (Todo: Incorporate "Brenning-drake, Burning candle, Dank Will, Death-fires, Dick-a- Tuesday, Elf-fire, the Fair Maid of Ireland, Friar's lantern, Gyl-Burnt-tail, Mad Crisp, Peg-a-lantern, Puck,
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The three great saints of Ireland are St. Patrick, St. Columba, and St. Bridget. The fair maid of Ireland. Ignis fatuus (q.v.). ... “He had read in former times of a Going Fire, called `Ignis Fatuus,' the fire of destiny; by some, `Will with the Wisp,' or `Jack with the Lantern;' and likewise, by some simple country...
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Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Ireland ... or Erin is Celtic; from Eri or Iar (western). Lloyd (State Worthies, article “Grandison”), with a gravity which cannot but excite laughter, says the island is called the land ... “He had read in former times of a Going Fire, called ‘Ignis Fatuus,’ the fire of destiny;
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The will-o'-the-wisp , sometimes will-o'-wisp or ignis fatuus Latin, from ignis ("fire") + fatuus ("foolish"), plural ignes fatui ) refers to the ghostly lights sometimes seen at n...
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22. Cleaner : MAID; 24. Item with a long spout : OILCAN; 26. It follows directions : ERN; 27. ... 41. Ignis fatuus, the fair maid of ___ : IRELAND; 42. Learning : SCIENCE; 43. Handle : MONIKER; 46. Don who directed "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," 1956 : SIEGEL; 49. Idiots : DOLTS; 50. Copier setting : LEGAL;
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