Gaelic names of beasts (mammalia), birds, fishes, insects, reptiles, etc.
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 ...

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Main Author

Forbes, Alexander Robert.

Language(s)

English

Published

Edinburgh, Oliver and Boyd [etc.] 1905.

Subjects

Animals > Animals / Folklore.
Folklore, Celtic.
English language > English language / Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Scottish Gaelic language > Scottish Gaelic language / Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Animals > Animals / Nomenclature (Popular)

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xx, 424 p. front.(port.) 24 cm.

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