As the final entry in this mionsraith ar chaint fhíortha, we’ll
talk briefly about liúdair (coalfish) and their role in a
traditional Irish expression. Of course, we could talk about
figurative speech till the cows come home or till we’re all blue
in the face, but there are other topics looming so we’ll wrap
the topic up with this blog for now. But if any of you have been
mulling over some interesting samhlacha, meafair, or other tróip
chainte, please do write in about them. Meanwhile, let’s start
with beagán meaitseála. Which product goes with which
destination to indicate mí-éifeacht or díomhaointeas or
éadairbhe (all words for futility); freagraí thíos, mar is
gnách: |1. gual||a. Toraigh| |2. ulchabháin||b. an Caisleán Nua|
|3. samaváir||c. München| |4. liúdair||d. an Aithin| |5.
beoir||e. Tula| So what exactly is this “liúdar” in the Irish
expression “ag breith liúdar go Toraigh“? A coalfish,
particularly, a large coalfish. “Small coalfish?” That’s a topic
I’ll have to research later, not being much of an