Oct 07, 2009 20:04
Every Wednesday, we get a newsletter home. Today's I thought would interest a few of you...
There is an Irish saying about the weather:
Déanfaidh sé báisteach throm má thagann leipreachán an chlaí isteach sa chistin.
Rain will drench the land when the frog comes into the kitchen.
(leipreachán an chlaí=leprechaun of the ditch=frog)
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So funny when you can trace words back like that.
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(Its closest relative is Scots Gaelic, followed by Welsh and the rest of the P-Celtic brigade.)
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I would never have put all the schools with école. I guess saying it out loud would put it closer, but still a bit...different. The others all seem to go well together.
Must take that course someday, so that the child doesn't speak secret language in front of parents!! I do have In The Name Of The Fada...Des is a good teacher maybe?
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