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Thread #75992 Message #1349440
Posted By: GUEST,Criostóir
06-Dec-04 - 08:53 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: My Old Skillara Hat
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: My Old Skillara Hat
Here's my tuppence worth. I reckon the word 'skillara' (or various other spellings of it that I've seen) is a corruption of the Irish word 'scoláire' meaning scholar.