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Conference tallis::celt

Title:	Celt Notefile

Moderator:	TALLIS::DARCY

Created:	Wed Feb 19 1986
Last Modified:	Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1632
Total number of notes:	20523

315.0. "Need help with some translations" by COOKIE::WITHERS (SN*W is a 4-letter word!) Fri Jan 08 1988 19:22

    My wife and I have just aquired a new kitten and have been in search
    of a name.  What's this got to do with Celtia?  Well, one of our
    other cats is named Orin (white of furr) and we've been trying to
    keep in the theme.  That's where our limited library of English-Irish
    books has failed us.
    
    The "working name" for our cat is Dubh Fionnadh 'cause it mostly
    describes the kitten.  But other names in the running are "black"
    or "blacky", "Amber" (his eye color), or "Dusty" ('cause that's the
    way he gets), and "Midnight".  Could anybody aid me and let me know 
    and let me know translations for these relatively common words?
    
    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
    
    Thanks,
    BobW

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
315.1	THe claws have been drawn.	GAOV07::MHUGHES	dean corp-trialladh don banrion	`Mon Jan 11 1988 04:32`	23
	Leaprechauns will try from memory. Dubh (thuv or thu) is black. Dubach (doo-ach) is ink or in slang "inky". �ir (ore) is gold, (I can't recall a word for Amber). M�an �iche (maan ee-heh) is midnight. Salach (sol-ach) is dirty (but context could make it dusty) I have noticed that Black and Amber were two colours mentioned. Now it happens that in Ireland those two colours combined represent County Kilkenny. There is an infrequent noter in this file who comes from there and claims that they know how to play hurling down there. However reference to the "Black & Amber" can strike terror into the hearts of some hurling counties before their more recent taming. Now it also happens that because of their hurling guile this county's hurlers have been known far and wide as the "cats" or the "Kilkenny cats". So it would appear that "kilkenny" is an appropriate name for your little scratcher. Snake will try to tell the truth.
315.2	Snakes keep well clear of cats!	DUB01::OSULLIVAN_D	Gall gan ceart ach neart	`Mon Jan 11 1988 12:25`	10
	My Focloir Poca helps with the following: ' Amber: Omra [oohm-ra] ' ' dusty: deannachuil, smurach -Dermot
315.3	new year	DUB01::BRENNAN_M	Dont interfere with natural ignorance	`Tue Jan 12 1988 06:10`	3
	Snake Remember one swallow does not a summer make... MBr
315.4	Tribal warfare = Galway hurlers.	GAOV07::MHUGHES	dean corp-trialladh don banrion	`Tue Jan 12 1988 06:48`	8
	Leaprechauns have good memories. I recall two successive skinnings of the proverbial cats. Watch it Martin, only seven left. Snake loves the balmy summer days -- the Halcyon days wherein we wallow.
315.5	A CAT IS NATURE'S RECLUSE!	NERDS::KEANEY		`Thu Jan 14 1988 02:28`	7
	WHY BOTHER WITH A NAME FOR A CAT IN THE FIRST PLACE?? THE DARN THINGS NEVER COME WHEN THEY'RE CALLED!!!! GIVE IT A NUMBER- YOU'LL BE AS WELL SERVED!!!!