From Gilbert & Sullivan on Leap Day
For some ridiculous reason, to which, however, I’ve no desire to be disloyal,
Some person in authority, I don’t know who, very likely the Astronomer Royal,
Has decided that, although for such a beastly month as February, twenty-eight
days as a general rule are plenty,
One year in every four, its days shall be reckoned as nine and twenty.Pirates of Penzance
Gilbert & Sullivan 1880
Irish Class, February 22, 2016
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Irish Class, February 8, 2016
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| Bhéarfadh súgán cátha chun dlí thú, is ní thabharfadh slabhra iarainn thar n-ais thú! | it is easy to get entangled with the law and very hard to get back out of the entanglement. | |
| súgán cátha | rope of chaff | |
| slabhra iarainn | iron chain |
Irish Class, February 1, 2016
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| Cuireann duine snaidhm lena theanga nach bhfuasclóidh a fhiacla. | A person ties a knot with his tongue that his teeth cannot loosen. | He gets married. |
| Beidh lá eile ag an bPaorach. | Better luck next time. | “Power will have another day” [“Power” is not anyone in particular] |
| an rud nach binn le duine ní chluineann sé é. | The thing that is not sweet [to the ear] is not heard. | |
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