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GAELIC NAMES
OF
BEASTS (MAMMALIA), BIRDS, FISHES
INSECTS, REPTILES, ETC.
IN TWO Px\RTS
L GAELIC ENGLISH.— XL 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 ROBEET FORBES
EDINBURGH
(FORMERLY OF SLEAT, SKYE)
EDINBUEGH
OLIVER AND BOYD, TWEEDDALE COURT
NORMAN MACLEOD, GEORGE IV. BRIDGE
1905

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Gaelic names of beasts (mammalia), birds, fishes, insects, reptiles, etc
DescriptionIn 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.
ShelfmarkBlair.140
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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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Blair Collection
DescriptionA 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
DescriptionSelected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history.