2 days ago by gilliandr

Montreal Daily Star, 30 November 1887, page 4 Celtic Society The regular monthly meeting of the Celtic Society took place last evening in the Presbyterian College. Rev. Dr McNish, the president, occupied the chair, a large number of members being present. The following gentlemen were added to the me ...

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2 days ago by kimurho

110.05d Slěob am Muilleach, 'us sgrňbaidh e thu ; sgrňb am Muileach, 'us sliňbaidh e thu. = Stroke the Mull man, and he'll scratch you ; scratch him, and he'll stroke you. This is one of a group of related calumnious proverbs blackening the character of islanders - apparently they are universally di ...

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3 days ago by kimurho

002.10 A' chorc 'an ionad a' chuinnseir. = The knife in the place of the sword. Also Corc an ionad cuinnseir. = A knife in place of a sword. Dwelly says that this proverb is a sign of peace, similar, I suppose to the English, "An open hand instead of a clenched fist." Ummm... that's not how I read i ...

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5 days ago by kimurho

102.10 Cha leithne Loch Obha null na nall. = Loch Awe is no broader across than back. 102.10b Cha lugh' an unchdach' na'n leathad. = The ascent is no less than the declivity. The note in the book which accompanies the proverb says "It's as broad as it's long." which is true enough. What I think of r ...

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6 days ago by kimurho

090.05 Cha chreidear an fhěrinn o bheul na brčige. = Truth is not believed from a lying mouth. When I was a kid, we would snark at one another "I wouldn't believe you if you swore you were lying." This is much of the same sort of thing.

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7 days ago by kimurho

I wasn't going to post a Gaelic proverb this morning, but I found this. The explanation is from the book, A Collection of Gaelic Proverbs and Familiar Sayings, edited by Alexander Nicolson (1882) 088.09 Cha chinn cóinneach air clach an udalain. = Moss grows not on the oft-turned stone. This saying i ...

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8 days ago by kimurho

I just came across this proverb. 082.10 Cha bhi bainn' aig bó fir, 's cha bhi treabhadh 'an each mnatha. = A man's cow won't yield milk, nor a woman's horse ploughing. The note in the book which accompanies this proverb says, This is an exaggeration of the idea that women are the best managers of co ...

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8 days ago by carasulieman

An extract from the book By Cara Sulieman SCOTLAND’S oldest surviving book is set to go on display tomorrow (Friday) for the first time in a generation. The pocket-sized medieval book of Psalms is often described as Scotland’s Book of Kells due to the vivid and detailed coloured illuminations that c ...

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8 days ago by kimurho

080.03 Cha b' ann air brochan lóm dubh, 's bainne 'chruidh mhialaich as t-Earrach, a chaidh d' ŕrach. = It was not on thin black gruel and milk of lousy Spring cows you were reared. There is no explanation for this particular proverb in the text ( A Collection of Gaelic Proverbs and Familiar Sayings ...

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8 days ago by Psychic Expert

Its freshly oiled pine hull is as fragrant as a wet winter woodland. Modelled on a thousand-year-old prototype, this hulking birlinn a Gaelic longboat will soon be ready to sail out along the Clyde and up the west coast in homage to the time when water was Scotland’s main thoroughfare. … More: A Gae ...

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