Word: gaelic
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...outbursts, however, seemed to have an effect on me. If anything, my interests became more and more esoteric as I progressed. For example, what was once a Social Anthropology special field became Celtic Languages and Literatures instead. I find myself crawling around the subterranean levels of Widener digging up Gaelic texts about to crumble to dust...
...Amazing Grace," played by the Worcester and Boston Fire Gaelic Brigades and the Worcester Ecumenical County Chorus and Ensemble, provided a solemn pause following the speeches...
...today have their roots in old border disputes between words and rules. Many irregulars can be traced back over 5,500 years to a mysterious tribe that came to dominate Europe, western Asia and northern India. Its language, Indo-European, is the ancestor of Hindi, Persian, Russian, Greek, Latin, Gaelic and English. It had rules that replaced vowels: the past of senkw- (sink) was sonkw...
Irish-owned James's Gate and The Druid also play up Irish culture for the holiday. They take advantage of Irish music's current vogue is the U.S., making Gaelic sounds a St. Patty's mainstay. "We're going to have traditional Irish music all day. We have a working fireplace and they're going to gather around there," Byrne says. "We have a special appearance by the Boston Police bagpipe band on the day itself and on the eve we have the Irish Army pipe band in town...
...what's the true way to tell an Irish pub from a Gaelic wannabee? Check the head on a pint of Guinness. It should be shamrock-free. "No shamrock-that's American," Delaney says. "To me, it's more important to pour a good pint of Guinness that to put a shamrock...