Biddy Early
| Ụdịekere | nwanyị |
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| Mba o sị | Ireland |
| Aha enyere | Bríd |
| Aha ezinụlọ ya | Early |
| Ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya | 1798 |
| Ụbọchị ọnwụ ya | 1874 |
| Ebe ọ nwụrụ | Feakle |
| Ọrụ ọ na-arụ | cunning folk, botanist, agwọ ọrịa, phytotherapist |
| Ụdị ọrụ ya | traditional medicine, phytotherapy, magic |
Biddy n'oge
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Bríghid Léan Ní Chonchúir (Ní Maolmocheirghe)
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| A mụrụ ya | Bridget Ellen Connors / O'Connor 1798Faha, County Clare, Ireland
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| Nwụrụ | 22 Eprel 1874 (ihe dị ka afọ 76) Feakle, County Clare, Ireland
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| Ebe izu ike | Ebe Obibi Dị Iche |
| Ọrụ (s) | onye na-ahụ maka ọgwụ, onye na-akọ ọdịnihuonye na-agba afa |
| Ndị Di na Nwunye |
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| Ndị Nne na Nna |
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Bridget Ellen "Biddy" Early (née O'Connor ma ọ bụ Connors; 1798 - 1874) bụ onye Irish na-ahụ maka ọgwụ na bean-feasa ("onye na-ahụ ụzọ, ngwaọrụ") nke ndị agbata obi ya aka. Mgbe o mere ihe egwuregwu nke ndị nwe ụlọ na ndị nnọchianya na-akwụ ụgwọ, a na-ebo ya ebubo nke amoosu.[1][2]
Oge ọ bụ nwata
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A mụrụ Biddy Early na Faha Ridge, County Clare, nke John Thomas Connors, onye ọrụ ugbo dara ogbenye, na nwunye ya Ellen (née Early). A kpọrọ Biddy Bridget Ellen Connors mana o mechara nabata aha Early. Dị ka nwatakịrị, ọ na-eyi uwe nke nne ya mere site na ịkpa eriri site na flax a kụrụ n'ebe dị nso. Ọ na-anọkarị naanị ya ma kwuo na ọ "na-agwa ndị fada okwu". Ọ nwere ezigbo ihu ọchị ma gosipụta ọgụgụ isi dị mma mana, dị ka ọtụtụ ndị mmadụ n'oge ya, ọ mụtaghị ịgụ ma ọ bụ ide. Ya na ezinụlọ ya na ndị enyi ya na-asụ Irish, mana o nwere ihe ọmụma ụfọdụ nke Bekee.[3] []
Ellen Connors (née Early) bụ onye amara nke ọma maka ọgwụgwọ ahịhịa ya pụrụ iche wee kuziere nwa ya nwanyị ọtụtụ usoro nri ya. A na-ewere ntụziaka ndị a dị ka ihe nzuzo ezinụlọ, dị ka a na-emekarị n'oge ahụ. Mgbe Biddy dị afọ iri na isii, nne ya nwụrụ n'ihi erighị ihe na-edozi ahụ́, hapụ ya ilekọta ezinụlọ ya. Naanị ọnwa isii nne ya nwụchara, ọrịa typhus gburu nna ya. Ebe ọ na-enweghị ike ịkwụ ụgwọ ụlọ, ọ hapụrụ ụlọ mgbe ọ ka dị obere. [1] []
Ndụ ndị okenye
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]When Biddy was eighteen, she began working for a landlord in Carheen, near Limerick, but was constantly mocked for her behavior. She left after a short time and went to live in a local poorhouse, where she was treated more kindly. During this time, she would wander around Gurteenreagh on market days, and it was there that she met her first husband, Pat Malley of Feakle. The couple faced many obstacles: Pat was twice Biddy's age and had a son, and Biddy had no children. However, they married. After their marriage, Biddy gave birth to a son, Paddy, her only child. [4][eed]
Ezinụlọ ahụ biri n'ụlọ nwere ọnụ ụlọ atọ na Feakle, ọ bụkwa ebe a ka B[4] When people didn't get the help they wanted from the priests or doctors, or if they couldn't afford to see a doctor, they would turn to Biddy. Her cures did not only consist of applying herbs to a wound or feeding a recipe to the sick. She was insightful and intuitive, which helped her to recognize and understand people's needs and choose appropriate yet creative measures to address them. [4] [citation needed] Biddy was also called upon occasionally to treat animals. During her time, the death of an animal could lead to an inability to complete required tasks and cause a farm to fail. This was important because it could, in turn, lead to eviction and poverty and, in extreme cases, loss of human life. For the same reasons, farmers also asked Biddy to help with other problems related to daily life, such as restoring a spring well or fixing a problem with the farm's butter production.[5]
iddy malitere inweta aha ọma maka ọgwụgwọ ya. Biddy arịọghị ego maka ọrụ ya, mana o kwere ka ndị ahịa ya kpebie otu esi akwụ ya ụgwọ. Whiskey na poitín bụ ihe a na-ahụkarị n'oge ahụ, n'ihi ya, ụlọ ya na-ejikarị ọtụtụ mmanya na-aba n'anya ma mesịa bụrụ ebe a maara dị ka ebe ndị mmadụ nwere ike ịga ịṅụ mmanya na igwu kaadị. Biddy nwụrụ mgbe ọ dị afọ iri abụọ na ise. O mechara lụọ nwa ya nwoke, John Malley, obere oge ka Pat nwụsịrị. N'oge alụmdi na nwunye a, aha ya na-abawanye mana ọtụtụ ndị mmadụ na-abịa ma na-aga n'oge dị iche iche n'ehihie na abalị na-emebi ndụ ezinụlọ ya ugboro ugboro. Nwa ya nwoke, Paddy, hapụrụ ụlọ afọ ole na ole mgbe ọ lụsịrị John ma ọ lọghachighị. John Malley nwụrụ na 1840 site na ọrịa imeju na Biddy bụ nwanyị di ya nwụrụ ọzọ mgbe ọ dị afọ 42. [4] []
Alụmdi na nwunye ya nke atọ bụ nwoke aha ya bụ Tom Flannery, onye dị obere karịa ya. Tom bụ onye ọrụ na nwa afọ Finley, Quin, County Clare. Di na nwunye ahụ kwagara n'ụlọ nwere ọnụ ụlọ abụọ na Dromore Hill na Kilbarron. Ọ dị n'elu ọdọ mmiri, nke a bịara mara dị ka Ọdọ Mmiri Biddy Early. Aha ya ruru n'ókè dị elu n'oge a ma ụlọ ya bịara na-arụsi ọrụ ike ma jupụta na ya. [4][]
Ọrụ na otuto
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]N'oge ụfọdụ, Biddy nwetara karama nke ghọrọ a ma ama dịka ọ dị. Ọ ga-eleba anya ugboro ugboro n'ime karama ahụ, nke nwere ụdị mmiri gbara ọchịchịrị, mgbe ọ na-atụle ọgwụgwọ nwere ike ịgwọ ndị ọbịa ya. Ọ na-ewere karama ahụ n'ebe niile, ọbụnakwa ya na ya nọ mgbe ọ nwụrụ. Ọgwụgwọ ya bụ isi ihe mere o ji bụrụ onye a ma ama, mana àgwà ya siri ike bụkwa ihe dị mkpa. Dị ka otu onye na-ede akụkọ ndụ si kwuo, "N'ọtụtụ ụzọ, ihe a na-ekwu na Biddy mere bụ ihe ndị ọrụ ugbo a na-emegbu emegbu ga-achọ ime ma ọ bụrụ na ha nwere obi ike", n'ihi na ọ bụ onye nweere onwe ya ma jụ ka "ndị ụkọchukwu na ndị nwe ala" merie ya".
Esemokwu
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Although the Catholic Church, which had a powerful influence on many people's lives at the time, did not approve of Biddy's work, she encouraged people to listen to her priests. The priests publicly rebuked her and discouraged people from visiting her, but some of them continued to visit her privately. People believed that she was good, some thought that the real reason for the priests' disapproval was that they "thought if Biddy did not [work as a healer] people would go for five and ten shillings".[1] This idea was repeated repeatedly in interviews with people who had personal knowledge of Biddy. Another factor must have been the folklore and mystique surrounding her. Although Biddy came from a lower class of farmers, the priests were often well-educated and had a strong emphasis on education, so they were "anxious to leave the world of the working class and herbalists".
The last generation of people who had a personal relationship with Biddy died out in the 1950s. The stories that continue today began with a strong tradition in the West of Ireland. Later, Lady Gregory compiled a valuable account 20 years after Biddy's death, and Meda Ryan and Edmund Lenihan wrote books based on interviews with many of the people whose parents or grandparents had a personal relationship with Biddy.. [2] [2][]
Hụkwa
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- Moll Anthony
- Ndị aghụghọ na Britain
- Ọbụbụ ọnụ nke Biddy Early, na-emetụta Clare GAA na Galway GAA.
- Nwanyị Na-egbu Azụ nke Palermo
- Karin Svensdotter
Ihe odide
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ryan (1991-12-01). Biddy Early: The Wise Woman of Clare. Cork: Mercier Press, Limited. ISBN 9781856353168.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Irish American", [[Irish American)) .
- ↑ Clare People: Biddy Early. www.clarelibrary.ie. Retrieved on 2025-06-16.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Pagan Pathways Sheffield. www.paganpathways-sheffield.co.uk. Retrieved on 2025-06-16.
- ↑ Witch or Healer? Biddy Early (1798 – 1872). www.irishamerica.com. Retrieved on 2025-06-16.
Ebe e si nweta ya
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]- Augusta, Lady Gregory. Ọhụụ na nkwenkwe na West nke Ireland. Putnam's Sons, New York; 1920.
- [Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji] Biddy Early: The Wise Woman of Clare. [Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji]
- Yeats, William Butler. Ndị amoosu na ndị dibịa afa na Irish Folk-Lore. E bipụtara ya na Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, nke Lady Gregory chịkọtara ma hazie (1920; rpt. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1970).
- Kemgbe ahụ, Nicola. Mná Na HÉireann: Ụmụ nwanyị ndị kpụrụ Ireland. [Ihe e dere n'ala ala peeji] ISBN 978 1 85635 645 9