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Sróna Suimiúla: The Irish Word for ‘Nose’ in its Different Forms Posted by róislín on Jun 28, 2017
(le Róislín) Bhuel, last time we looked at various features of a cat’s face and named them in Irish (nasc thíos). For the next few entries, we’ll look at some more examples of those features, starting with sróna (noses). You may find, as I did, that we don’t tend to use the word “nose” in…
Men and Christmas, specifically, ‘Fir Shneachta’ and ‘Fir Shinséir’ Posted by róislín on Dec 13, 2015
(le Róislín) OK, so this isn’t really going to be a Men-Are-from-Mars-Women-Are-from-Venus-y exposé of the relationship between men and women around Christmastime. So we won’t be dealing with “man caves” (*fearuaimheanna, is dócha) or oidhreacht an uaimhigh i sochaí an lae inniu. Instead, we’ll simply look at the Irish words for “snowmen” and “gingerbread men,”…