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Eavesdropping “as Gaeilge” But Not Exactly Under the Eaves Posted by on May 24, 2012

 (le Róislín) A few blogs ago, in the discussion of “rusticles” on the Titanic, we also talked about the various Irish words for “icicle.”  For the full list, féach ar an nóta “Súil Siar” thíos.  It does seem unusual to me to have that many words for “icicle” when I don’t associate icicles with the…

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