Children of Lir: Celtic Cross Stitch Charts and Kits

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Above model stitched on	14 count blue Aida
Size 14 count	13.5" x 13.5"
Size - other
Stitches	189 by 189 stitches
Special Stitches	none
KIT
Fabric	14 count blue Aida (18.5 x 18.5 inches)
Finished size	13.5" x 13.5"
Floss and extras	DMC floss, needle, instructions


Inspiration/Meaning
Children of Lir Lir’s third wife, Aoife, was so jealous of Lir’s children that she turned them into swans by her druidic wand. The swan maiden Fionnuala called out to Aoife, accusing her and prophesying her destruction. Aoife replied, ‘for at least three times three hundred years… you will be bound by the spell’. Many events occurred to the four enchanted swans during these nine hundred years, but eventually the prophesy was fulfilled: violence broke the long enchantment. Four withered, snow-haired human beings, shrunken in their vast old age, emerged. The hermit, a friend of the swans, administers baptism at once. And so it was done, and they went to heaven.