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Neil McBride (poet)
Neil McBride ( ga, Niall Mac Giolla Bhrighde; 1861–1942) was a farmer, poet, author, and songwriter from Feymore, Creeslough, Donegal, Ireland, who further gained notoriety for protesting a fine he received for having his name written in Irish on his business cart. Farmer and poet Neil McBride spent his entire life in the small village of Feymore, Creeslough, He lived on Crockatee (Cruckathee), a foothill of Muckish Mountain and earned his living as a cottier (''farmer'') and a poet. Neil published a book of poems in 1905 called ''Blaṫa Fraoiċ'' ('Heather Blossoms'). McBride's poems and songs became well known throughout Ireland. Some titles include: "The Hills of Donegal", "Noreen Bawn" (1910), "The Castle of Doe", "Marble Hill" and "''Mo Chró Beag ag Bun Chnoc a' Tighe''" ("My wee shack below Crockatee") Historic encounter with the law McBride was a farmer by trade and all business carts were required to display its owner's name in English. On the evening of 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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N, or n, is the fourteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''en'' (pronounced ), plural ''ens''. History One of the most common hieroglyphs, snake Snakes are elongated, Limbless vertebrate, limbless, carnivore, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes . Like all other Squamata, squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping Scale (zoology), scales. Ma ..., was used in Egyptian language, Egyptian writing to stand for a sound like the English , because the Egyptian word for "snake" was ''djet''. It is speculated by many that Semitic people working in Egypt adapted hieroglyphics to create the first alphabet, and that they used the same snake symbol to represent N, because their word for "snake" may have begun with that sound. However, the name for the letter in the Phoenician alphabet, Phoenician, Heb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
