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Thread #10577   Message #4076417
Posted By: GUEST,Rory
22-Oct-20 - 04:51 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Fhir a Bhata/Fear A Bhata (Scots Gaelic)
Subject: RE: Origin: Fhir a Bhata/Fear A Bhata (Scots Gaelic)
verse 9 from the 1804 text

Tha mo chriosan air dol an airde,
Cha'n ann o fhidhlair, na o chlarsair,
Ach o stiuireadair a bhata,
'S mur tig thu dhathigh, struagh mar tha mi.

Chriosan = belt


On another thread this verse is

Tá mo chroí-se ag dul in airde
chan don fidléir, chan don cláirseoir
Ach do stiúrthóir an bháta;
Is mura dtig tú abhaile is trua atá mé

chroí-se = heart

Could the first line of this verse refer to the heart and not the belt (inferring pregnancy).

I am no expert on Gaelic dialects

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