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Nature Words in Irish, pt. 5: Catkin to Crocus (following up on acorn  to buttercup) Posted by on Oct 17, 2019

(le Róislín) “Catkin” — now there’s a word I don’t use very often in English and I’m tickled pink to be writing about it here, in a blog for Irish language learners.  The other “c-anna” words for today’s post are a little more basic: cauliflower, chestnut, clover, conker (not “conquer” as such!), and crocus. Anybody…

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