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Thread #60922   Message #976662
Posted By: Steve Parkes
04-Jul-03 - 10:56 AM
Thread Name: Origins of Irish folk songs
Subject: RE: ORIGINS OF IRISH FOLK SONGS
Hiberniacal ("heye-bern-EYE-ac-ul") is an adjective; hiberniac ("heye-BERN-i-ac") is someone in a hiberniacal state, i.e. someone possessing or affecting hiberniality. Native hiberniacs (i.e. the Irish) are okay, generally, but affected hiberniacs should be avoided, especially on St Patrick's Day.

Steve