In Reply to: Irish Stew posted by GaryD on Monday, 24. November 2008 at 13:27 Bali Time:
A little was lost in the translation.
The 'Legend' relates to the "Land of the Young", a place where you are always young. A Fairy falls in love with a mortal and takes the lucky one to this place where they are both ever-young. They can come back and have a look at their descendants through the centuries, but if they ever touch the ground in Ireland, they turn to dust.
Nasty, hey?
Peadar O Riain