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Philo-Celtic,
The Philo-Celtic Society meets in
Jefferson Hall, opposite the CITIZEN
office, every Sunday evening, at seven
and a half o’clock, so that any Irish¬
man residing in Brooklyn need not re¬
main ignorant of his mother tongue.
Six papers in the United States pu¬
blish Gaelic Departments, namely, the
Monitor, San Francisco (which is edited
by a genuine Irishman), the American
Celt, St. Louis, the Citizen, Chicago,
the Irish Echo, Boston, the Irish-Amer¬
ican, N Y., and, of course, your own
patronymic — AN GAOḊAL.
Every Irish and Irish-American pa¬
per should publish a Gaelic depart¬
ment; and Irishmen, at home and a¬
broad, should see that they do it.
Oisín and Pádraic is held over, be¬
cause of the long articles from our new
contributors; but our friend, Griffin,
we are sure, would be willing to keep
it back for a year if it were required to
make room for new hands, for he is a
real enthusiast in the Gaelic cause.
The next election is the most momen¬
tous to the working element in this
country of any which has taken place
since the foundation of the Republic.
The issue is squarely before the people.
Protection against Free Trade.
We are pleased to see that Congress
has passed a bill to protect American
authors and publishers against cheap
European literature.
We hope that Congress will also ab¬
olish the Internal Revenue, and not o¬
blige the poor widow who keeps a lit¬
tle store to help to support her orphan
children pay $2.40 a year for a permit
to sell a cigarette.
We give on the next column some
words not in general use, because if an
Irish speaker fail to give the lrish of
certain things when asked such failure
would be attributed to paucity in Gae¬
lic verbiage: This vocabulary will be
continued thus making the Gael an in¬
dispensable book of reference to every
Irishman who would maintain the cre¬
dit of his country.
If, after the elections are over, the
Administration persist in putting the
English Extradition Treaty through,
and that the Pope insists on enforcing
his Rescript, the lrish will be nicely
fixed — having three powers to fight.
Vocabulary of words of infrequent use
abra, a speech, pronounc'd, obrah.
aḋal, a flesh-hook eyul,
aḋan, a cauldron, eyun.
aḋḃas, garrison, eywus
aġnaiḋe, an advocate, pleader, eynhee.
aiḃ, a tribe av.
aicne, nature, ackneh.
ailcne, paving stones, alkneh.
ailféis, a bridle bit, ailfayish.
ailleog, a swallow, aill-oag.
ailṁ, a flint stone, ailiv
ailse, a cancer, ailsheh.
aimri, a cuphoard, amry.
aircead, an earnest penny, airkadh.
airdreaċt, a synod, ardract.
aireasg, the apple of the eye, airask.
airi, a general, araiy.
airleaċ, a skermish, arlach.
airmlann, an armory, armlan.
airtin, a pebble, arthin.
airtneaṁ, a grindstone, arthnuv
aisdeaċan, sports, games, ashdachan
aisge, a present, askeh.
aisteoir, a jester, ashtheoir
aiṫċiṁeaċ, a petitioner, ahcheemach
aitfe, ebbing of the sea, aitfeh,
aitin, a hat or cap, athin.
aitne, a store, athneh
aitreaḃ, habitation, aithruv.
aiṫreaċ, a farmer aihraugh
aiṫrin, a sharp point, aihrinn
allain, a season, ahulin.
altraġaḋ, marching, althra,
amlac, curling, omlach.
aṁra, the hilt of a sword, ourah,
anṡran, ladle, anhran.
anuim, the eaves of a house, an-im.
aobrunn, an uncle, aybrun.
aoladóir, a plasterer, ayuladhoir.
We are delighted to see our “Scotia Minor" kith
and kin join in the noble cause of Freedom.
