Discussion of "October Chill 2: Samhuinn and the Ancient Celtic Netherworld." by an_dochasach

I suppose a good story shouldn´t need an explanation, but since I published this rather more quickly, than I should have, I found that some of the symbolism is more obscure than I thought. So this might be useful to anyone who would like to continue this story thread:

"Cillín"(n) Originally meant "small cell," then "church-yard" and "grave-yard,¨ "treasure-box" and "nest-egg." In the "grave-yard" context "Cillín" (and its English version "Killeen") came to mean the small "cill" o the consecrated grave-yard, where unbaptised infants were buried.

The librarian? story of Samhuinn is very close to the true origin of our Halloween.

Ancient Celtic adages assigned special powers to three trees found together: “Where oak and ash and (haw)thorn grow together one is likely to see Fairies.¨

The librarian reference to the narrator? surname has mythical connotations, as do the (Ogham) scratchings on the gravestone, but I won´t give away too much ;-)