Tag Archives: Twelve Days
Irish ‘Fill in the Blanks’ for ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ (Dhá Lá Dhéag na Nollag) (cuid/part 1 of 2) Posted by róislín on Dec 28, 2017
(le Róislín) What kind of bird (cén sórt éin) is that in the tree? And what kind of tree (cén sórt crainn) is it? How would you fill in the phrase “sé __ __ __ ag breith“? And what are those píobairí and drumadóirí doing ar an 11ú lá agus an 12ú lá den Nollaig? …
The Irish Twelve Days of Christmas Redux Redux with a Blogliography of Other Blogs on the Song Posted by róislín on Dec 25, 2015
(le Róislín) First, you’re probably wondering why the “redux redux.” That’s because we’ve looked at all the verses of this song quite thoroughly over the last few years. Féach an blagliosta (blogliography) thíos. And we’ve already had one recap (18 Mí na Nollag 2013), so this is now the second recap (reredux?). In the first…
Dhá Lá Dhéag na Nollag (The Twelve Days of Christmas) Posted by róislín on Dec 25, 2010
(le Róislín) For the next few (six really) blogs, I thought I’d check out the gifts mentioned sa charúl Nollag, “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” There are so many gifts, we’ll do two per blog and see if that ends up on the actual 12th day of Christmas. Be warned, there are at least four…