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‘Birnbaum’ (= Pear tree) (1903), Gustav Klimt. In the public domain: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gustav_Klimt_-_Pear_Tree_-_BR66.4_-_Busch%E2%80%93Reisinger_Museum.jpg
PEUR ~ Pear tree
a1707 Orain Iain Luim (1964) 88
Rinn sibh buailtean d’ur bàthaibh | Ann an gàrradh nam peur.
[You made folds for your cows in the garden of the pear trees]
Read more about Peur here: www.faclair.ac.uk/entries/25
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‘The Starry Night’ (1889), Vincent Van Gogh. In the public domain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Van_Gogh_-_Starry_Night_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
RIONNAGACH ~ starry
a1881 Nicolson Proverbs 68
Oidhche rionnagach, réulach, gun turadh, gun ghaoith, gun uisge.
[A starry, bespangled night, not dry, windy or wet]
Read our starry entry here: www.faclair.ac.uk/entries/51
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Common Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus). Creideas: Meneer Zjeroen (Creative Commons CC BY 2.0). https://www.flickr.com/photos/75467759@N00/14677000256
IALTAG ~ A bat
1881 Nicolson Proverbs 364
Thàinig ialtag a steach, bidh frasan a mach air ball.
[A bat has come inside, showers will be outside soon.]
Did you know that bats were observed to predict the weather? - www.faclair.ac.uk/entries/52
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A rowan tree full of berries. Credit: Jonathon Kington (Creative Commons BY-SA 2.0). https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2515052
CAORANN ~ The rowan tree
1768 MAC-AN-T-SAOIR Orain Ghaidhealach 33
Srath nan caochan ’na dhosaibh caorain.
[The srath of streamlets is a mass of rowan clumps]
Read more about the Caorann’s beauty here: www.faclair.ac.uk/entries/4
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A mother wolf with its cub. Credit: Bob Haarmans (Creative Commons BY 2.0). https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=88136530
DUALCHAS ~ Character, disposition or inherited nature
1900 Mac-Talla IX No. 24. 185
‘Theid cuilean ri dualchas’.
[A puppy will follow its inherited nature]
See what Dualchas tells us in the Faclair entry: www.faclair.ac.uk/entries/8
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Sgoilearan Gàidhlig agus suaichnean oifigeil Gheamaichean a’ Cho-Fhlaitheis 2026, Finnie. // Gaelic speaking pupils, and the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games mascot, Finnie.
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A poster illustrated with Bookbug characters with text in both Gaelic and English describing a Gaelic Bookbug session on Friday 27 February at Sighthill Library.
For #WorldGaelicWeek Sighthill Library are celebrating with a special #Bookbug session sharing songs and stories in Gaelic on Friday 27 February at 10.45am.
No booking necessary, just pop along!
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