Irish Class, September 28, 2015
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| “Sin méadú ort!” arsa an dreolín, nuair a rinne sé a mhún san fharraige. | “That’s made you bigger” said the wren when he had peed in the sea. | |
| “Siúil, a mhic” — mar a dúirt an seanphortán leis an bportán óg. | “Walk straight, son” — said the old crab to the young crab. |
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Irish Class, September 21, 2015
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| Is minic a mhaolaigh béile maith brón. | A good meal often reduces sorrow. | |
| rud ar bith | anything, nothing | (context dependent) |
| Rud ar bith leis an ocras a mhaolú, arsa an táilliúir agus é ag ithe míoltóige. | Anything to lessen the hunger, said the tailor as he was eating a midge |
ag ithe vn needs gen. míoltóige |
Go dian sa tóir — “Hard in pursuit”
Irish Class, September 14, 2015
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| Is é an scéal é á insint don chapall is an capall ina chodladh. | It is the story told to the horse and the horse is asleep. | Somebody is droning on and nobody is listening |
| á insint | it is told | Object of a verbal noun: á refers to scéal |
Éalú (tuilleadh) — “Escape” (continued)
From Ancient History
Irish Class, August 24, 2015
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| dáil | as regards, like, meeting | gs dála |
| Dála reithe Sheáini na Buile | Like crazy John’s ram | Lit. “Like the ram of crazy John.”
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| Chomh cam le hadharc reithe. | As crooked as a ram’s horn. |
Éalú — “Escape”
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Beheaded Syrian scholar refused to lead Isis to hidden Palmyra antiquities
He was a world-renowned scholar of antiquities, enchanted into his old age by Syria’s fabled city of Palmyra, which he called among the most beautiful in the world.
Not far from the spectacular Roman ruins he had spent decades safeguarding, 82-year-old Khaled Asaad met a brutal end at the hands of the militants of Islamic State, relatives and colleagues said Wednesday.
Asaad, the retired director of Palmyra’s antiquities and museum, was publicly beheaded Tuesday in a main square of the modern-day Syrian city of Tadmur, adjoining the ruins, according to a monitoring group and Syria’s antiquities chief. His executioners publicly displayed the bloodied corpse, they said.
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