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This guide to Scots is a perfect buy for anyone who is intrigued by the expressive Scots language. Besides explaining the meaning of Scottish words and phrases, it also contains features about aspects of Scottish culture from the bagpipes to William Wallace.
This wee guide to Scots is essential for those interested in one of the UK's most fascinating dialects, and is a lively introduction for those scunnered by the vocabulary used north of the border....
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The five volumes of the “Waifs and Strays of Celtic Tradition” are an important collection of tales, stories and legends from Argyll that were first published between 1889 and 1895.
The first volume was edited by Lord Archibald Campbell, the son of the 8th Duke of Argyll, who was also the first president of the Comunn Gaidhealach. In addition to the “Craignish Tales” and several other stories in both Gaelic and English it also includes Campbell's...
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“Scottish Gaelic in Twelve Weeks” has been written both as a self-tuition course for beginners and also for use within the classroom. You may want to learn Gaelic because of a general interest in Celtic or Scottish history and culture, or because it was the everyday language of your ancestors. The cynical observer may wonder if the exercise is worthwhile, when only 1.5 per cent of Scotland's population speak the language.
However, Gaelic is far...
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A handy and affordable Welsh dictionary ebook. Its clear layout and navigation allow for fast and easy access when you most need it. Ideal for use on the go, at home, in the office, classroom or on holiday. Suitable for use in schools. Designed for all those studying Welsh who need maximum information in an accessible format. • Over 28,000 headwords and 44,000 translations • Offers up-to-date coverage. • Delivers the accuracy and reliability...
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The purpose of this book is to provide, a brief introduction to the Gaelic language with a selective discussion of its main features. In contrast to native speakers, who absorb the language as children, adults who are learning Gaelic from scratch often derive much benefit, from knowing why the language takes its shape.
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This book examines where Gaelic stands within the family of European languages, tracing its roots to Indo-European languages and showing how firmly it is established within them, rather than being a strange, unrelated outlier. He uses his knowledge of several modern and ancient languages to show the links between them, and to demonstrate the roots of Gaelic in particular. This book will help anyone interested in the history of Scots Gaelic to understand...
10) Beginners' Welsh
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A perfect guide for anybody wishing to learn the Welsh language. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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This book sets out to illustrate the relationship between Gaelic and English words within the wider Indo-European context. Many Scots, finding Gaelic difficult, are unaware that much of Gaelic comes originally from the same source as English (and many other European languages), this origin being an early language of Europe and areas of the Indian sub-continent. Known as Indo-European, this long vanished language evolved in various ways to become the...
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This work by Brendan Halligan is comprised of four essays that explore areas of early Irish society and Old Irish, and were written as part of the author's undergraduate studies in Trinity College Dublin.
The pieces cover four main themes: the beginnings of writing in Old Irish, an examination of the old Irish Wisdom Texts, or advice on the appropriate mores and ethics of the old Gaelic hierarchy, status in early Irish society with particular attention...
13) Celtic Mythology Amazing Myths and Legends of Gods, Heroes and Monsters from the Ancient Irish and W
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In the early centuries, Celtic mythology survived as a primarily oral tradition, influenced significantly by the geography of its lands. Sagas and legends were passed down from one generation to the next through storytelling; only after the Roman conquest were some of these myths recorded in writing. This was often done by Christian monks closer to the 11th century, who recorded the stories themselves but stripped away the original beliefs and earlier...
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