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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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Speaking of Spuds: Sceallóga (Prátaí) and Sceallóga Eile (Irish Words for Chips, Potato and Otherwise) Posted by on May 12, 2017

(le Róislín) We recently (nasc thíos) looked at several ways of cooking of potatoes (prátaí) and now we’ll check a few types specifically of sceallóga prátaí (chips, or in the US, French fries).  In the illustration above we can see four types, and one solitary bit of a chip that a bird made off with…

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