Meet the nealadoiri (cloud-watchers) and readoiri (stargazers) from our past who, without the luxury of Met Eireann at their disposal, observed birds, trees, animals, as well as markers on land and sea for signs of weather change. The sheer richness and variety of terms they amassed reveal the closeness with which they observed the world around them. Swallows flying low foretold rain. The heron's behaviour offered many hints: Aimsir chrua thirim nuair a bhionn an corr eisc suas in aghaidh srutha chun na sleibhte (when the heron flies upstream to the mountains the weather will be dry but rough). Fearthainn nuair a thagann si an abhainn anuas (when she goes downstream, it will rain).
Evoking countless sodden, shivery experiences on this Atlantic-swept island of ours, this beautifully illustrated gift book uses Irish words to grasp an almost-lost world through the wisdom stored in the Irish language.
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Höhe: 220 mm
Breite: 198 mm
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978-1-80458-334-0 (9781804583340)
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Manchan Magan is a writer and documentary-maker. He writes occasionally for The Irish Times, reports on travel for various radio programmes, and has presented dozens of documentaries on issues of world culture for TG4, RTE and the Travel Channel. He lives in County Westmeath.
Megan Luddy is an award-winning illustrator and artist. A graduate of NCAD, where she was Design Student of the Year in 2022. This is her first book.
