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The Robin ‘Redbreast’ – but which ‘red’?
Which Gaelic word for ‘red’ is more appropriate when naming the robin? Leugh ann an Gàidhlig What sort of ‘red’ colours the breast of one of our favourite birds – the European robin (Erithacus rubecula)? Perhaps the question is redundant … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged #Gaelicpoetry, Gaelic, Gaelic in the landscape, Gaelic language, NatureScot, robin, Scottish Gaelic
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Dè an dath – agus ainm ceart – a th’ air a’ Bhrù-dhearg?
An ann dearg no ruadh a tha broilleach a’ bhrù-dheirg (no an ruadhain mar a chanadh cuid!)? Read in English Dè an dath a th’ air broilleach – no brù – a’ bhrù-dheirg? Tha an fhreagairt follaiseach, nach eil – … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged #Gaelicpoetry, Gaelic, Gaelic language, NatureScot, robin, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic
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Bearing Down on Ursid Toponyms
Wild bears have long gone from Scotland’s landscape but echoes of them remain in our place-names … Read in Gaelic It’s far from clear when European brown bears became extinct in Scotland, but it wasn’t yesterday, and it is therefore … Continue reading
Posted in Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged bears, Bears in Scotland, Gaelic, Gaelic in the landscape, maps, NatureScot, place names, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic
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Mac-talla a’ Mhathain air Tìr
ʼS fhada on a dh’fhalbh na mathain fhiadhaich mu dheireadh, ach tha na creutairean seo a’ nochdadh – an siud ʼs an seo – nar n-ainmean-àite fhathast … Read in English Chan eil e soilleir cuin a bhàsaich am mathan … Continue reading
Posted in Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged bears, Bears in Scotland, Gaelic, Gaelic in the landscape, Gaelic language, maps, NatureScot, place names, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic
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Soilleireachadh ‘dubhair’ air mapaichean / Shedding light on toponymic ‘darkness’
Airson ainmean-àite le ‘dubh’ a thuigsinn, ʼs dòcha gum feumar coimhead air slighe na grèine / To interpret place-names with the descriptor ‘dubh’ you may need to look at the path of the sun … Soilleireachadh ‘dubhair’ air mapaichean Is … 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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‘Sneachd’ air Aghaidh na Tìre / ‘Snow’ in the Gaelic Landscape
Faodaidh ainmean-àite le sneachd innse dhuinn mu àiteachan far an laigh an stuth geal sa gheamhradh, agus àiteachan a thaisbeanadh a dhearbhas dhuinn buaidh blàthachadh na h-aimsire / Gaelic place-names with sneachd can help to inform our understanding of the … Continue reading
Posted in Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged Cairngorms, Gaelic, Glen Affric, mountains, NatureScot, Scotland, Scots language, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish landscapes, Scottish Natural Heritage, Snow, winter
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An Ceòl a bu Bhinne Chualas / The Sweetest Music Ever Heard
Sgrìobh an sàr-bhàrd Donnchadh Bàn Mac an t-Saoir mu a ghràdh do nàdar. ’S dòcha gu bheil a bhàrdachd fhèin a cheart cho airidh air moladh ’s a tha òran nan cearcan monaidh … The master wordsmith Duncan Bàn MacIntyre … Continue reading
Posted in Gaelic, History, Nature in art, poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged #DuncanBànMacIntyre, #Gaelic, #Gaelicpoetry, #Highlands, #nature, #poetry, NatureScot, Scotland, Scottish Gaelic
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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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Aiteann – ceangal eadar Dà Dheoch / Juniper – a link between Gin and Whisky
Bidh daoine a’ ceangal aiteann ri sine ach air a’ Ghàidhealtachd tha am preas cuideachd ceangailte ri uisge-beatha / Juniper is intimately linked with gin but, in the Highlands of Scotland, it also has connections to whisky … Aiteann – … Continue reading
Posted in Folklore, Gaelic, plants, Uncategorized
Tagged Folklore, Gaelic, Gin, juniper, nature, NatureScot, place names, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, whisky
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