Introduction
This
poem or song is a reworking of a previous poem called ‘Seidr
Space’.
In
Old Norse, seiðr was a type of sorcery which involved the
incantation of galdors (spells that were sung or chanted).
Practitioners of seiðr were predominantly women (vǫlva or seiðkona
"seiðr woman"), although there were male practitioners
(seiðmaðr "seiðr-man") as well. practitioners connected
with the spiritual realm through chanting and prayer.
The
reference to Danes is taken from the popular Anglo-Saxon clerical
view that they ruined us by teaching us how to drink.
‘Wine
that's made from the bee’ is of course a reference to mead.
Melomel
is a drink made from honey and fruit.
Fun
Introduction
The
reader should imagine sitting in a barn in the West Country with a
group of ploughmen have a privet drinking session while careful watch
is kept out for the wives.
For
the full fun effect the reader should sing the poem in a melodious
voice with their best West Country accent preferably with a flagon or
horn of the brew in their hand.
Cye-der Space
Sing
like a ploughman, a spell or three,
Open
th'portal, to 'eaven for ee.
We
wonder what's going, on in his 'ead,
When
'e zezs those words, and we 'ear what’s said
Them
ploughmen they knew, about cye-der space,
Drink
y'load dun, in a special place.
Sit
in fairy circle, watch th'quarters four,
In
case someone open, that secrete door.
Wozzall
with that wine, that's made from th'bee,
Drink
like a Dane with, that melomel glee.
Chase
it down with pace, bottoms up with grace,
Slipping
and sliding, into cye-der space.
Take
old apple juice, bring it to y'brain,
Down
horn of cye-der, and drink like a Dane.
Those
Danes them knew how, to raise horns sky high,
Priests
didn't like they, they led us a rye.
Ample
ap-ples make, some jolly good juice,
But
sip too much and, thy tongue wilt come loose.
Pass
'orn to th'left, th'circle to trace,
Sipping
and sliding, into cye-der space.
Copyright
Andrew Rea June 2019
