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GAELIC NAMES
OF
BEASTS (MAMMALIA), BIRDS, FISHES
INSECTS, REPTILES, ETC.

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Gaelic names of beasts (mammalia), birds, fishes, insects, reptiles, etc
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Description	In two parts I. Gaelic-English.--II. English-Gaelic. Part I. contains Gaelic names or terms for each of the above, with English meanings. Part II. contains all the English names for which Gaelic is given in Part I., with Gaelic, other English names, etymology, Celtic lore, prose, poetry, and proverbs referring to each, thereto attached / all now brought together for the first time by Alexander Robert Forbes.
Shelfmark	Blair.140
Additional NLS resources:	Library catalogue record
Attribution and copyright:	The physical item used to create this digital version is out of copyright

Form / genre:	Written and printed matter > Books
Dates / events:	1905 [Date published]
Places:	Europe > United Kingdom > Scotland > Edinburgh > Edinburgh (inhabited place) [Place published]
Subject / content:	Folklore Celtic languages Animals
Person / organisation:	Oliver and Boyd (Edinburgh, Scotland) [Publisher] Forbes, Alexander Robert [Author]
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Description	A selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray.

Early Gaelic Book Collections
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