Combined with a Celtic trinity knot it is a true testament to the enduring bond between a mother, her child, faith and their Celtic heritage. The Celtic motherhood symbol looks like 2 hearts made out of knot work. One heart is lower than the first heart and both hearts are intertwined in a continuous knot.
beguile. Use beguile in a sentence. LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. verb. To beguile is defined as to deceive someone in a cunning way or to enchant someone and make him become attracted to you. 1  An example of beguile is when a politician uses clever words to trick people.
(Consider Irish folk songs, in which there is merriment over cannon balls and gallows.) Still, there is no great harm in this, other than to the people who practice it, and served up properly it can be beguiling. Shay Duffin serves it up properly. ''Shay Duffin as Brendan Behan'' is beguiling. Mr. Duffin, who looks like Behan, shambles down the aisle of the Astor Place Theater and steps up to the bar on stage. Rumpled and scratching and full of ''bejayzuses,'' he announces that he will spend the evening talking about Ireland, her literature and himself.