I thought it was too, and that it was a work song.
(It's an easy tune on the pipes as well.)
Jan Lane
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From: "Jonathan Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: RE: [scots-l] Help with Gaelic
> I always thought this line was 'pulling bracken'.
> Jonathan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nigel Gatherer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 03 September 2001 19:46
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> 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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