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Maidir le “Mud” (Muck, Mire, etc.) Posted by on Mar 23, 2012

(le Róislín) Before getting back to the question of the shot glass vs. the “timbléar fuisce,” I thought I’d look a little further into the words for mud, mire, muck and the like, as mentioned in the last blog.  Whether you decide to use any of these for an cuspa sláinte traidisiúnta Béarla (Here’s mud…

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Glincíní agus na Gloiní as a nÓlann Muid Iad Posted by on Mar 20, 2012

(le Róislín) Thinking about “glincín” in the last blog got me wondering – what exactly is “glincín” a diminutive of?  And how would one say “shot glass” in Irish? So, ceist a haon ar dtosach, then we’ll see if there’s even spás go leor for ceist a dó in this blog, or if it will…

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