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Ceol ‘music’
Ráth ‘a ringfort’
Leabhar ‘a book’
Dalta ‘a pupil’
Réalta ‘a star’
Bróg ‘a shoe’
Mac tíre ‘wolf’
Forc ‘a fork’
Gruaig ‘hair’
Bó ‘a cow’
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10 Words
Ceol
‘music’
Ráth
‘a ringfort’
Dalta
‘a pupil’
Leabhar
‘a book’
Réalta
‘a star’
Bróg
‘a shoe’
Mac tíre
‘a wolf’
Forc
‘a fork’
Gruaig
‘hair’
Bó
‘a cow’
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1. In Ireland, there have been finds of shoes made from
horse-hide
goat-skin
metal
2. Bogs are very good at preserving organic matter because they are
acidic and low in oxygen
alkaline and high in oxygen
acidic and high in oxygen
3. Amlaíb Cuarán or Amlaíb mac Sitric was king of Dublin and also of
Northampton
North Jutland
Northumbria
4. The Irish word for breakfast was borrowed from English because
only in relatively recent times have people eaten three meals a day
in medieval times people in Ireland didn’t get up in time for breakfast
people in Ireland have always enjoyed a ‘full English breakfast’
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