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A Follow-up to the Irish Vocab for the Parts of a Fiddle Bow: Barr Bogha Fidil Ollmhór Déanta as Cloch le “Roc-Cheol na bhFathach” a Sheinm nó Stua Mara Nádúrtha? Posted by róislín on Apr 22, 2018
(le Róislín) photo: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Bo_Fiddle_Rock_2.jpg, Bow Fiddle Rock near Portknockie, Scotland, Originally uploaded on July 31. 2006, Colourjam [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, téacs Gaeilge le Róislín, 2018 Before we take a break from talking about music (“ceol“), and specifically fiddles (“fidleacha“) and fiddle bows (“boghanna fidle“), I couldn’t resist adding one more picture for the…
Páirteanna an Bhogha: Irish Words for the Parts of a (Fiddle) Bow (Cuid/Pt. 2) Posted by róislín on Apr 19, 2018
(le Róislín) We’ve recently looked at the Irish words for the parts of a fiddle and the parts of a fiddle bow (naisc thíos). Today we’ll look at a curious term for a part of a fiddle bow (or a bow for other “téaduirlisí” as well) — in English it’s “frog” and in Irish, it’s…
Páirteanna an Bhogha: Irish Words for the Parts of a (Fiddle) Bow (Cuid/Pt.1) Posted by róislín on Apr 14, 2018
(le Róislín) Most of the names for the parts of a fiddle bow are pretty straightforward, as the above graphic shows. So let’s start with those, and then, in the next post, we’ll take up the curious case of the frog on the bow — what does it really mean and where does the…
Ten Ways to Say ‘Rainbow’ in Irish, with pronunciation tips Posted by róislín on Mar 13, 2016
(le Róislín) So, I wonder how many other languages have more than one word for “rainbow.” Irish does, at any rate, as you probably figured from the title of this blog. And here they are, just in time for “Lá Fhéile Pádraig.” You might remember at least one of these from last year’s special St…