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Speaking of Water-Lilies, whether you know them as bual-lilí, bior-rósanna, duilleoga báite, or póicíní locha Posted by on Jun 30, 2019

(le Róislín) Our most recent post showed some amazingly large water-lilies and looked at the terminology for them.  Researching that, I also found the amazing illustration above.  Who could resist turning this into a teachable moment – how to say  “girl,” “standing,” and “on a water-lily” in Irish? For the second part of today’s blog, we’ll…

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An bhfuil do ghlas crochta crochta agat fós? Posted by on Feb 14, 2014

 (le Róislín) No, that’s not an overlooked duplication of words.  “Glas crochta” is a padlock (hmm, guess why that topic came up in today’s blog!) and “crochta” means “hung” or “hanging,” from the verb “croch” (hang). First let’s discuss the word “glas,” since it’s a triple homonym in Irish.  One “glas” means “green.”   A second…

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