Cànan & CultarThis volume is a collection of proceedings from the third Rannsachadh na Gàidhlig conference held in Edinburgh in July 2004. The book includes papers on Scottish Gaelic history, language, literature, and culture from early Christian times to the present. In addition to Scotland, there is material relating to Ireland, Scandinavia, England, and Canada. Where papers are written in Gaelic, a detailed synopsis in English is included. |
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Page 115
Writing from Polwarth Crescent , Edinburgh at two o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday , September 25th 1940 , MacLean asks : Could you keep this for me until this mess is over . Everything in it exists written elsewhere except for ...
Writing from Polwarth Crescent , Edinburgh at two o'clock in the afternoon of Wednesday , September 25th 1940 , MacLean asks : Could you keep this for me until this mess is over . Everything in it exists written elsewhere except for ...
Page 216
After the death of anyone , not in the lowest circumstances , the friends and acquaintance of the deceased assemble to keep the near relations company the first night ; and they dance , as if it were at a wedding , till the next morning ...
After the death of anyone , not in the lowest circumstances , the friends and acquaintance of the deceased assemble to keep the near relations company the first night ; and they dance , as if it were at a wedding , till the next morning ...
Page 245
The blessing of the Triall is on ' man and beast ' , and the Triall hymn keeps this collective focus : ' sgaoil do sgiath ... One prayer asks the Trinity to keep the sheep and cattle safe in all weathers and bring them down from the ...
The blessing of the Triall is on ' man and beast ' , and the Triall hymn keeps this collective focus : ' sgaoil do sgiath ... One prayer asks the Trinity to keep the sheep and cattle safe in all weathers and bring them down from the ...
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Contents
Contextualising the Duan Albanach | 11 |
Literary Lochlann | 25 |
Kingship imagery in Classical Gaelic panegyric for Scottish chiefs | 39 |
Copyright | |
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Common terms and phrases
adjectives agus airson Alba animals appears bhith called century chaidh Chambers Chan eil complex composed concordance cuid cuideachd dance death dhèanamh Domhnaill eadar early English example faic fear formal prose gach Gaelic Gaels Gàidhlig genitive give given gu bheil gu robh Highlands Iain iarainn interesting Ireland Irish kings language leis lines Loch Lochlann material math mentioned modified nach nonconcordance noted noun nuair obair original perhaps phrase poem poetry position possible prepositional present printed reference registers relation robh says Scotland Scottish seems sinn sources speakers stad suggested Table term thaobh thug toirt tradition translation uair uile University variation wake writing
Bibliographic information
| Title | Cànan & Cultar Scottish Gaelic Studies Series |
| Editors | Wilson McLeod, James Earle Fraser, Anja Gunderloch |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Dunedin Academic Press, 2006 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Apr 2008 |
| ISBN | 1903765609, 9781903765609 |
| Length | 294 pages |
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