Thread: is there any connection between the mischievous Leprechaun of Irish folklore and the ancient pagan wolf-related fertility-renewing Roman festival of Lupercalia that took place hundreds of miles away?
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Would you believe the answer is quite possibly 'yes there is, according to academics from Queen's University Belfast and Cambridge'?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-49579940 …
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'The resource allows users to put in any word to discover what the old Irish word was. You can find the first reference to potato and how many different words there were for a knife or a sword.' me staring at the suggested words you can look up:
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as someone who uses eDIL for my work (it is an invaluable resource) this article is doing it a disservice.
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