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Sróna, Próboscais, Clocha Líofa agus Oighinn: The Irish for ‘Noses,’ ‘Proboscises,’ ‘Grindstones,’ and ‘Ovens,’ and Why This Selection! Posted by on Aug 29, 2017

(le Róislín) So what’s the connection between the four Irish terms in the title of this blogpost, most of which were introduced in recent posts (naisc thíos) Well, first let’s translate the title, and that will make some of it clear. sróna, noses próboscais, proboscises.  By the way, I did look in several Irish dictionaries…

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