It's around midnight on a clear May night just north of Lallybroch. You and Jamie are seated
      on a granite outcrop, the stone still warm from the sun earlier in the day. He's has his plaid
      wrapped around your shoulders and he's teaching the Gaelic names for the heavens above.
      You follow his finger as he points out the stars...

      Grian (GREE an) sun
      Gealach (GUH lock) moon
      Reul (ROOL) stars
      Bogha-froise (BOKA - FRAWSE) rainbow
      Ruaill Mhor (ROOL VOR) Sirius-the brightest and largest star in the heavens.
      Meadhan (MUGH an) Orion-the most prominent constellation
      Barr-Reultt (BAR - ROOLCH) The North Star
      Grioglachan (GREE oh GLA kan) The Pleiades
      Bogha Chlann Uis (BO ka KLAN WEES) The milky way

      So the next time you take a walk and gaze at the stars above, think of Jamie and
      your Gaelic!

      The other part to the lesson this week is a small list of common English words that
      take their origin from either Scots Gaelic or Irish Gaelic. The list is actually very
      long, but I thought that these jumped out as interesting.

      ENGLISH GAELIC

      banshee bean sidhe
      bard bard
      clan clann
      gab, gabby, jabber gab
      galore gu leoir
      smidgen smidin
      shamrock seamrag
      shanty seann taigh
 

      Debbie F.