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Who Nests on the Berm, above the Wrack Line?: The Irish for ‘Sea Turtle’ Posted by róislín on Jul 31, 2019
(le Róislín) graphic: A Kemp’s ridley sea turtle nesting on the berm section of the beach, beyond can be seen plant debris in the wrack line, http://www.nps.gov/pais/naturescience/Nesting-Kemps-ridley-Sea-Turtles.htm (per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach#/media/File:Kemp’s_Ridley_sea_turtle_nesting.JPG ); public domain; téacs Gaeilge le Roislin, 2019 In the last blog, we looked at some terms for the four main sections of a beach (crios slaparnaí, urthrá, líne raice…
Ar an 2ú agus an 3ú lá den Nollaig – dhá fhearán, trí chearc fhrancacha (2 turtledoves, 3 French hens, for the 2nd and 3rd days of Christmas) Posted by róislín on Dec 24, 2016
(le Róislín) One partridge and one pear tree down (in the previous blogpost) and the following left to go: fearáin, cearca francacha, lonta dubha, fáinní óir, géanna, ealaí, cailíní bleánaí, mná ag damhsa, tiarnaí, píobairí agus drumadóirí. Although the meaning of the fourth verse is often disputed, I’m going with “lonta dubha,” since early versions…
Cé Mhéad Patraisc? Cé Mhéad Drumadóir? (or ’12 Lá na Nollag’ Redux and an Irish Counting Lesson to boot) Posted by róislín on Dec 18, 2013
(le Róislín) In the last blog, we discussed “fearáin” (aka “fearáin bhreaca“) amongst other members of the order Columbiformes (coilm agus colúir, doves and pigeons, etc.). And we briefly alluded to the fact that the Irish for “turtledove” doesn’t have the element “turtle” (turtar) or “dove” (colm, or sometimes “colúir” — for more on the…