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‘Tis the Season for … Festive Drinks (‘Deochanna Féiltiúla’ in Irish) like ‘Mulled Wine’ or ‘Hot Buttered Rum’ Posted by róislín on Nov 23, 2018
(le Róislín) ‘Tis the season to be festive (féiltiúil) and one of the special treats that may be served at this time of year is mulled wine (scailtín fíona). An maith leat é? Agus an ndearna tú riamh é? Let’s take a closer look at the name of the drink. We’ll start with “fíon” (wine)…
Uachtarán: The Irish Word for “President” (uachtar, “upper portion, cream” + -án, a suffix) Posted by róislín on Oct 28, 2012
(le Róislín) I guess that “teideal an bhlag seo” pretty much explains the Irish word for president, “uachtarán” [OO-ukh-tar-awn]. “Uachtar” [OO-ukh-tar] actually means “upper portion,” widely used today to mean “cream” (as in “uachtar reoite,” ice-cream). That is, of course a throwback to the days before homaiginiú, when the cream rose to the top of…
Picnic Lá Samhraidh Posted by róislín on Jul 10, 2009
Even though “An Ceathrú” (The Fourth) is now over for this year, with all of its picnic activities, I imagine there will be many more picnicí held over the course of the summer. Here are some selections of bia picnice (picnic food) that are popular in my neck of the woods (and that’s an…