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Wild Boars of Gaelic Legend
Roddy Maclean explores the presence of the wild boar in the Gaelic landscape Continue reading
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Tagged Gaelic, Gàidhlig, NatureScot, NàdarAlba, Roddy Maclean, Ruairidh MacIlleathain, wild boar
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Tuirc nan Sgeulachdan air Aghaidh na Tìre
Tha Ruairidh MacIlleathain a’ toirt sùil air an fhacal ‘torc’ ann an ainmean-àite air a’ Ghàidhealtachd Continue reading
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Tagged boar, Gaelic, Gàidhlig, NatureScot, Placenames, Roddy Maclean, Ruairidh MacIlleathain
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South on the right hand
The Gaelic word for ‘south’ – a common enough term on our maps – also means ‘right’. The reason takes us back to the sun-worshipping practices of our ancestors, as Ruairidh MacIlleathain reveals. Continue reading
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Tagged NatureScot, NàdarAlba, Roddy Maclean, Ruairidh MacIlleathain
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An àird a deas air an làimh dheis
Leugh ann am Beurla / Read in English Bidh feadhainn a tha ag ionnsachadh na Gàidhlig gu tric a’ gabhail iongnadh gu bheil an aon fhacal againn airson south agus right. Ach tha e furasta gu leòr a thuigsinn nuair … Continue reading
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Tagged Gaelic, Gàidhlig, NàdarAlba, Roddy Maclean, Ruairidh MacIlleathain
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Water on the move
In such a frequently showered and mountainous landscape as Scotland, burns and streams abound, and the Gaelic language has a number of generic words for moving water. Continue reading
Posted in Gaelic, NatureScot, Placenames, Uncategorized
Tagged abhainn, allt, Gaelic, Gàidhlig, NàdarAlba, Roddy Maclean, uisge
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Uisge a’ sìor-ghluasad
Ann an dùthaich a tha cho sìor-uisgeach ri Alba, tha uillt is aibhnichean pailt agus chan eil e na iongnadh gu bheil uiread de dh’fhaclan againn airson a leithid. Continue reading
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Tagged abhainn, allt, Gaelic, Gàidhlig, NatureScot, NàdarAlba, Roddy Maclean, Ruairidh MacIlleathain, uisge
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Watercress of the Pure Springs
Roddy Maclean tells how wild watercress is celebrated in Gaelic culture. Continue reading
Posted in Folklore, foraging, Gaelic, History, NatureScot, plants
Tagged biolair, Gaelic, Gàidhlig, NàdarAlba, Roddy Maclean, Ruairidh MacIlleathain, watercress
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Biolair Uaine an Fhìor-uisg’
Tha Ruairidh MacIlleathain ag innse dhuinn mun ghràdh aig na Gàidheil air a’ bhiolair Continue reading
Posted in Folklore, foraging, Gaelic, History, NatureScot, plants
Tagged biolair, Gaelic, Gàidhlig, NàdarAlba, Roddy Maclean, Ruairidh MacIlleathain, watercress
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The ‘Blind’ Streams of the Uplands
Roddy Maclean looks at the fascinating word ‘caochan’ in the Gaelic landscape Continue reading
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Tagged caochan, Gaelic, nature, NatureScot, Placenames, Roddy Maclean
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Land of Falling Water
‘Eas’ in the Gaelic landscape marks a named waterfall Leugh ann an Gàidhlig There must be thousands of waterfalls cascading off mountains in the Scottish Highlands, most of which are marked on our maps with the simple English label ‘waterfall’. … Continue reading
Posted in Gaelic, Uncategorized
Tagged entymology, Gaelic, nature, NatureScot, place names, Roddy Maclean, Scotland, Scots language, Scottish Natural Heritage, SNH, waterfalls
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