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Thread #166587   Message #4009478
Posted By: Jim McLean
18-Sep-19 - 02:58 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Juice of the Barley Dubliners' Lyrics
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Juice of the Barley Dubliners' Lyrics
Noreen, gamhna does mean calves, I agree but the line says 'is na gamhna'
So the correct translation would be 'milk OF the cow AND OF calves'   'and of' not 'for...'.
Is = and
na = the genitive.
Milk of the cows and of the goats. Makes better sense to me .....