I always thought this line was 'pulling bracken'.
Jonathan
-----Original Message-----
From: Nigel Gatherer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 03 September 2001 19:46
To: Scots-L Posting
Subject: Re: [scots-l] Help with Gaelic
Nigel Gatherer wrote:
> Can one of our Gaelic speakers tell me how to pronounce the following,
> please?
> BUAIN NA RAINICH
> And what does it mean?
Sorry to answer my own post, but I've just read an article on
fern-cutting which states that ferns are "called 'raineach' in Gaelic".
The tune called "Buain na Rainich" is a version of the tune I know as
"Cutting ferns", so I surmise that the gaelic means, em, cutting ferns?
I'd still like to know how it's promounced, though.
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