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Birds of Premonition
The Gaels traditionally viewed some bird behaviours as predictors of future events… Leugh ann an Gàidhlig Birds are active creatures whose lives intertwine regularly with our own. Some of our avian friends even make their homes in and around our … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Folklore, Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged birds, Gaelic, nature, NatureScot, omens, Scotland, Scots language, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, superstitions
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Eòin nam Manaidhean
ʼS iomadh eun a dh’innseas dhuinn dè tha romhainn … Read in English Tha na ceanglaichean eadar eòin agus daoine gu math làidir. Nach tuirt ar sinnsearan gum b’ e Linn an Àigh nuair a bha Gàidhlig aig na h-eòin?! … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Folklore, Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged birds, Folklore, Gaelic, nature, NatureScot, omens, Scotland, Scots language, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, superstitions
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Warrior’s Friendship
Valerian is a plant long utilised by herbalists in the Gàidhealtachd and beyond. Leugh ann an Gàidhlig I have written previously in this blog about how the meadowsweet is known in Gaelic tradition as a plant that once soothed the … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Folklore, Gaelic, plants, wild flowers
Tagged Folklore, Gaelic, nature, NatureScot, plants, Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, Valerian, wild flowers
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Carthan Curaidh
Tha an lus seo aithnichte do lighichean luibheach air a’ Ghàidhealtachd agus tìrean cèin. Read in English Tha mi air sgrìobhadh mu-thràth mu dheidhinn an luis ris an canar Crios Chù Chulainn a tha aithnichte mar meadowsweet ann am Beurla. … Continue reading
Posted in Folklore, Gaelic, plants, Uncategorized, wild flowers
Tagged Folklore, Gaelic, Gaelic language, laverian, nature, NatureScot, plants, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, Valeriana officinalis, wild flowers
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Traille nam Banarach
Tha iasg a bhuineas don aiginn a’ nochdadh – gu h-annasach – ann an seann chrònan bleoghainn. Read in English Tha e fìor ri ràdh nach eil an traille – iasg-mara a bhuineas do theaghlach nan langannan agus ris an … Continue reading
Posted in Folklore, Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged #Gaelicpoetry, Brosme brosme, cusk, fish, Gaelic, Gaelic language, Milkmaids, NatureScot, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Shale Museum, tusk
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The Tusk of the Milking Maids
A deep-water fish appears – rather strangely and inexplicably – in an old Gaelic milking song Leugh ann an Gàidhlig It is fair to say that the deep-water marine fish known in English as tusk or cusk – traille in … Continue reading
Posted in Folklore, Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged #Gaelicpoetry, Brosme brosme, cusk, fish, Gaelic, Gaelic language, Milkmaids, NatureScot, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic, tusk
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An Calltainn – Craobh ar n-Annsachd
Tha àite sònraichte aig a’ chraoibh-challtainn ann an saoghal traidiseanta nan Gàidheal. Read in English Tha an calltainn (Corylus avellana) na craoibh shònraichte do na Gàidheil mar a tha e do shlòigh air feadh na Roinn Eòrpa agus taobh an … Continue reading
Posted in Folklore, Gaelic, trees, Uncategorized
Tagged Celtic rainforest, Gaelic, Gaelic in the landscape, Gaelic language, Hazel, hazelwoods, NatureScot, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic
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The Beloved Hazel
Gaelic tradition affords the craobh-challtainn – the hazel tree – a special place in people’s affections. Leugh ann an Gàidhlig The hazel tree (Corylus avellana) is a special plant to the Gaels, as it is to many of the peoples … Continue reading
Cairt-làir – lus beag le cliù mòr / Tormentil – little plant with a big reputation
Ged a tha e beag, tha dualchas iongantach aig a’ chairt-làir, gu h-àraidh am measg nan Gàidheal / Tormentil might be small and little celebrated today, but it played a substantial role in the social history of northern Scotland … … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Folklore, Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged entymology, flowers, Folklore, Gaelic, Gaelic language, History, language, nature, NatureScot, Placenames, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Highlands, Tormentil, wild flowers
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Eun a’ Chinn Duibh air a bheil ‘Ceann-fionn’ / The Black-headed ‘White Head’ Bird
Carson a tha na Gàidheil a’ gabhail ‘ceann-fionn’ air eun le ceann dubh? Tha Ruairidh MacIlleathain a’ feuchainn ris an gnothach a shoilleireachadh. / Why do Scotland’s Gaels call penguins ‘white-heads’, despite their being black-headed? Roddy Maclean investigates a nomenclatural … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, coastal, Folklore, Gaelic, Land management, Uncategorized, Year of Coasts and Waters 2020
Tagged Auks, birds, entymology, Folklore, Gaelic, great auk, language, names, NatureScot, penguins, Roddy Maclean, Scotland, Scots language, Scottish Gaelic, seabirds
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