Ar ndóigh tá rudaí eile le n-ól ann seachas leann dubh.  Seo cuid acu, ag tosú le bricfeasta:

 

sú oráiste, b’fhéidir sú oráiste úrbhrúite (fresh-squeezed)

sú mónóg

sú pomagránaití

caoineog

tae (dubh, glas, nó bán) nó tae luibhe

caife (gan bhainne nó gan chaiféin nó cuid mhór cineálacha eile, ach ní dóigh liom go mbeadh caife Gaelach ag a lán daoine go luath sa mhaidin!)

 

Sú eile nach mbeadh ag mórán daoine sa mhaidin – sú na heorna!  Cén fáth? (freagra thíos)

 

Leis an lón?

sú úill

deochanna boga (deochanna glasa)

uisce mianraí

uisce vitimín

líomanáid (an gnáthshórt [gnaw-hort] nó líomanáid bhándearg)

lassi mangó

creathán bainne

 

Ag am suipéir?

bainne, bainne soighe, bainne amh, bláthach [blawkh]

fíon dearg, fíon bán, fíon an tí

tae oighrithe [OY-rih-heh]

tae ime (Tibéadach)

“imbheoir” (ó shaol Harry Potter)

ceirtlis shúilíneach [KERTCH-lish HOOL-yeen-yukh]

 

One type of beverage that might be an acquired taste is called “sùghan” in Scottish Gaelic but doesn’t seem to have an exact equivalent in Irish, maybe “súghán,” which generally just means “sap” or “juice.”  It’s called “sowens” in English and consists of water in which oat husks have been soaked and allowed to ferment.  The texture is described as “téachta” (coagulated) but it is considered “cothaitheach” (nutritious). 

 

And if your thirst still hasn’t been quenched, you could finish with a “deoch an dorais,” or as Sir Harry Lauder used to put it, “a wee deoch-an-doris.”  But that is, no doubt, a “deoch mheisciúil” (alcoholic drink), which we’ll continue i mblag eile, since all the varieties would make this a “síorbhlag” (never-ending blog).   

 

Freagra: sú na heorna = the juice of the barley, i.e. whiskey

 

Nótaí: le n-ól, to drink; caoin, smooth; caoineog, smoothie; luibhe, of herbs; gnáthshórt ordinary sort; nach mbeadh, that wouldn’t be; go luath, early; úill, of apple; bog, soft; creathán, shake (noun); amh, raw; oighrithe, iced; im, butter; ime, of butter; súilíneach, sparkling