The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #10313 Message #4140297
Posted By: beachcomber
26-Apr-22 - 06:50 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Clun Malla (Cluain Meala, field of honey)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Clun Malla (Cluain Meala, field of honey)
The word "Pattern" is a corruption of "PadrĂșn". It refers to the celebrations carried on in an area in honour of the "Patron Saint" of that area. The people, who spoke Irish everywhere in this island before the Norman invasion, inserted their own Gaelic words into conversations in English, as they learned to speak that language.