I'm feeling rather pleased atm. Today I found Homer's Trojan War in Gaelic. Also something called "the Story of Aeneas" but it's barely a few chapters long, and I WELL remember from Latin that the Aeneid is longer than THAT! Also found a few other stories and things, including something that might be a Gaelic retelling of the Sorceror's ( Read more... )

The phrase in the Gaelic is "'s e na smaointean a bhuail ann an ceann mo bhràthar bu shinne ( Read more... )

I don't really have anything to post today, but I've got a basket of eggs that need to be displayed, so I'm posting anyway ( Read more... )

( Sloinneadh na Ban-naomh Brìde )

I came across this proverb yesterday and again today - which implies that I should be paying attention to it.

Far am bi do chràdh bidh do làmh; far am bi do ghràdh bidh do thathaich. - Where your pain is your hand will be ; where your love is your haunting will be.In explanation, you're more likely to strike out at something that hurts you, but ( Read more... )

An là 'bhios sinn ri òrach, biomaid ri òrach ; ach an là 'bhios sinn ri maorach biomaid ri maorach. - When we are after gold, let us be at gold ; but when we are after shell-fish, let us be at shell-fish.


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Thoir tlachd do'n mhath, 'us math an t-olc.

The translation provided is "Love the good and forgive the bad.".

(I would translate this as "Give honour to the good and forgiveness to the bad".)

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Air an dàrna là deug den Nollaig, chuir m' eudail thugam fhìn ( Read more... )

from Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland collected by Lady Wilde (1887 ( Read more... )

Air an naoidheamh là den Nollaig, chuir m' eudail thugam fhìn ( Read more... )