Author Archives: gmcdavid
BioFuel
A really strange Irish word
ainbhlinn = “froth from the mouth of a decaying corpse” — from last night’s Irish class.
Clann Tartan Muster–Sunday
Clann Tartan Muster Weekend
This was the weekend of what colgaffneyis calls “Muster”–a reenactment training event for members. It was held on a lovely farm site just south of Mankato.
A big crane in NYC
My Kind of Horoscope

From “Kevin & Kell” via Bad Astronomy.
A Death in Pagan Britain
Family on the ‘Net again
An old (1949!) Time article about my father and his work: Isoglosses.
Another Reenactment Group
Clan MacColin of Glenderry, based in California, reenacts part of the Scottish Highlands c. 1570, so they could be grandparents of colgaffneyis. Their focus is much more on the Gaelic culture and society of the Highlands and Ireland, which I don’t think receive nearly enough attention in Clann. Most of our military interpreters wrongly portray Highlanders as simple impoverished barbarians, when in fact they were part of a rich culture with a written literature older than English can claim. As I have written before, I have a big problem with this attitude in colgaffneyis.
Still, it is the only game in town.