On Tuesday, September 5, 2000 at 9:11:02 PM UTC-7, Kathy Lott wrote:   
   > W.B. Yeats wrote the poem 'Host of the Air' based on a ballad that was   
   > apparently originally in Irish.  In his notes regarding the poem he said that   
   > it was translated for him by a lady in County Sligo.   
   >    
   > With that, does anyone know the name of the ballad or anything about it?     
   >    
   > The other question I had about the poem is the phrase 'long dim hair' - is   
   > Bridget's hair fair or gray?   
   >    
   > Thanks,   
   > Kathy Lott   
   > kmlott2@aol.com   
      
   I agree that the use of the word "dim" is more a reference to the light at   
   that time of day than her hair colour. The whole poem has a dreamy, fuzzy   
   quality and I imagine asking someone who is almost asleep to describe   
   something, like a persons hair, and    
   they might say "dim" as they drift in and out.   
      
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