Patrick Grahame, also minister at Aberfoil, who, in his Sketches of Perthshire, has not forgotten to touch upon the Daoine Schie, or men of peace.
The Daoine Maithe (though there is some doubt, the same or almost the same as the gentry) were next to Heaven at the Fall, but did not fall; they are a people expecting salvation.
A young man at Drumcliffe was taken [in a trance state], and was with theDaoine Maithe some time, and then got back.
But the Gaelic records speak of these people as the Fir Sithe, orDaoine Sithe--the Sithe-folk.
He complied with the request, and on being asked who he was, replied that he was one of the Daoine Shi.
The popular traditions of modern times identify them with the Daoine Sidhe, but without agreeing as to their ultimate fate after the Judgment.
Ge iomadh na thadaoine air ti millidh nan tuath, Cha-n fhaighear ’n a choman an rud ’s an duan buadhach.
The greatest precautions had to be taken against the Daoine Shi' in order to prevent them from spiriting away mothers and their newly-born children.
The Daoine Shi' were believed to be a peevish, repining race of beings, who, possessing but a scant portion of happiness, envied mankind their more complete and substantial enjoyments.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "daoine" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
