Latha buidhe Bealltain dhuibh uile

 

Welcome to summer

Honi soit qui mal y pense.

And of course, a hundred thousand welcomes.

Feic off, its raining

But not in ma heid, munk!

Fair play !

Lá Bealtaine sona duit freisin

(from the land of your forefathers   )

Moran taing, DO'D

Tá fáilte romhat....

It's May Day.

Workers of the World Unite!
Cast off you shackles of of oppression and your yokes of subjection.

And dance around the maypole on the village green and rejoice!.

But don't over-do it. For it's back to the grindsone at dawn
.

Ah yes indeed it's May.

Good points include the beginning of the apple blossom festival and the Brian Boru festival here in Armagh.

Bad points include frickin hell I forgot to tax the car

I still say summer doesnt start till June

June/July/Aug is summer

Sept/Oct/Nov is Autumn

Dec/Jan/Feb is winter

March/Apr/May is Spring

unless you are in Scotland. Then is goes

Nov/Dec/Jan/Feb/March is winter April/May/June is spring. July is summer (if the sun comes out) Aug/Sept/Oct is Autumn (though Oct can sometimes be winter if it gets really bad early doors)

'Tis the wisdom of the ancients (not just me), young Tattie

To get back to Rugby!!!!   


Sad fact is many fans of both Bath and Saints will not get tickets for the final as they have only been allocated a very small number of tickets if you believe this to be wrong then please sign the petition below. (typical ERC not thinking ahead! )


http://www.petitions24.com/move_the_2014_amlin_challenge_cup_to_a_bigger_venue

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:'Tis the wisdom of the ancients (not just me), young Tattie

Were the ancients using the Georgian calander?

The Gaelic calendar, or alternatively the Irish calendar, is a system of timekeeping developed during Ireland's Gaelic era and is still in popular use in modern Ireland. It is used to define the beginning and length of the day, the week, the month, the seasons, quarter days, and festivals. The Gaelic calendar does not observe the astronomical seasons that begin in the Northern Hemisphere on the equinoxes and solstices, or the meteorological seasons that begin on March 1, June 1, September 1, and December 1. Rather, the middle of the seasons in the Gaelic calendar fall around the solstices and equinoxes. As a result, for example, Midsummer falls on the Summer Solstice. Like elsewhere, the modern Irish calendar begins on 1 January, the ancient Celtic year begins on 1 November.[1]

The seasons in Ireland today still follow this ancient Celtic tradition, which is based solely on daylight and the strength of the noon sun. As such, the seasons of the year are observed in Ireland as follows:

Winter ("Geimhreadh") - November, December, January (Samhain, Nollaig, Eanáir)
Spring ("Earrach") - February, March, April (Feabhra, Márta, Aibreán)
Summer ("Samhradh") - May, June, July (Bealtaine, Meitheamh, Iúil)
Autumn ("Fómhar" Harvest) - August, September, October (Lunasa, Meán Fómhair, Deireadh Fómhair)
This is a continuation of the Celtic and Gaelic system, which is pagan in origin. This is particularly evident in the Irish (Gaeilge) names for May (Bealtaine), August (Lúnasa) and November (Samhain), which were the names of Gaelic pagan festivals. In addition, the names for September (Meán Fómhair) and October (Deireadh Fómhair) translate directly as "middle of harvest" and "end of harvest". Christianity has also left its mark on the Irish months: the name for December (Nollaig) derives from Latin natalicia (birthday), referring to the birth of Christ.[2]

Historical texts suggest that, during Ireland's Gaelic era, the day began and ended at sunset.[3] Through contact with the Romans, the seven-day week was borrowed by continental Celts, and then spread to the people of Ireland.[3] In Irish, four days of the week have names derived from Latin, while the other three relate to the fasting done by Catholic clergy.[4] Dé Luain; Dé Máirt; Dé Sathairn; Dé Domhnaigh.

Dé Luain - from Latin dies Lunae
Dé Máirt - from Latin dies Martis
Dé Chéadaoin - referring to Catholic fasting: from céad (first) aoin (fast) i.e. the first fast of the week
Déardaoin - the day between the fasts
Dé hAoine - the day of the fast
Dé Sathairn - from Latin dies Saturni
Dé Domhnaigh - from Latin dies Dominici (an alternative Latin name for Sunday, dies Solis being more common)

HammerofThunor wrote:

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:'Tis the wisdom of the ancients (not just me), young Tattie

Were the ancients using the Georgian calander?

Aye, Thunor, a very forward thinking lot

Can this be moved to the 'Off Topic' section of v2?   

Shouldn't you be busy petitioning for more Bath tickets and UKIP ?

Rules are rules, this has nothing to do with rugby.   

Scrumpy is like an amádan ach amhain sa bhaile...just ignore...

Can we just move Scumpy to the the Off Topic section?

No problem with your post, but it shouldn't be here in the rugby section.

tigertattie wrote:I still say summer doesnt start till June

June/July/Aug is summer

Sept/Oct/Nov is Autumn

Dec/Jan/Feb is winter

March/Apr/May is Spring

unless you are in Scotland. Then is goes

Nov/Dec/Jan/Feb/March is winter April/May/June is spring. July is summer (if the sun comes out) Aug/Sept/Oct is Autumn (though Oct can sometimes be winter if it gets really bad early doors)

From experience in Wales they should just use the colour of the clouds to determine the seasons. Apart from some nice weather in June and again in October (neatly missing the summer holidays) it was generally damp and cloudy.

The ME-101 was buggered in the face of the Spitfire and the Hurricane (who were on the 'right' side of natural justice.

I agree btw, that spring doesn't start until the roses bloom and the English country garden is resplendent in its best attire.

Has anyone noticed how badly the forget-me-nots have fared this spring? The bluebells and the daffs overwintered well though.

Portnoy's Complaint wrote:The ME-109 was buggered in the face of the Spitfire and the Hurricane (who were on the 'right' side of natural justice.

I agree btw, that spring doesn't start until the roses bloom and the English country garden is resplendent in its best attire.

Has anyone noticed how badly the forget-me-nots have fared this spring? The bluebells and the daffs overwintered well though.

fixed that for you.

I thought this was a translation of "suns out guns out" I am disappointed.

Portnoy's Complaint wrote:The ME-101 was buggered in the face of the Spitfire and the Hurricane (who were on the 'right' side of natural justice.

I agree btw, that spring doesn't start until the roses bloom and the English country garden is resplendent in its best attire.

Has anyone noticed how badly the forget-me-nots have fared this spring? The bluebells and the daffs overwintered well though.

ME-109 was a better plane than the hurricane and more manouvrable than than the spitfire, if slower. Luckily for us it was at the limit of its range when it came over to Britain with the bomber raids.

Portnoy's Complaint wrote:
Has anyone noticed how badly the forget-me-nots have fared this spring? The bluebells and the daffs overwintered well though.

My Bluebells have done really well this year.

lostinwales wrote:
ME-109 was a better plane than the hurricane and more manouvrable than than the spitfire, if slower. Luckily for us it was at the limit of its range when it came over to Britain with the bomber raids.

IMO the Hurricane was a better plane than the Spitfire in many ways, as it could take a lot of punishment, the ME-109 was a good aircraft but it lacked a soul.

The Joe sorry Messer Schmidt was a very good coach plane at the start but ultimately crashed and burned...

I've seen the Battle of Britain film and the Germans wanted Spitfires.   

Scrumpy wrote:

Portnoy's Complaint wrote:
Has anyone noticed how badly the forget-me-nots have fared this spring? The bluebells and the daffs overwintered well though.

My Bluebells have done really well this year.

Loved the Bluebells me - Cath was my favourite song before they got more commercial, liked Young At Heart but it does get played to death...

Scrumpy wrote:Rules are rules, this has nothing to do with rugby.   

yeah it does!

If you read between the lines, we've been discussing if Rugby should be moved to a summer sport. 

Before we can think about moving rugby to a summer sport, We first need to identify:
A - When is summer
B - Does summer exisit in Wales and Scotland

tigertattie wrote:

Scrumpy wrote:Rules are rules, this has nothing to do with rugby.   

yeah it does!

If you read between the lines, we've been discussing if Rugby should be moved to a summer sport. 

Before we can think about moving rugby to a summer sport, We first need to identify:
A - When is summer
B - Does summer exisit in Wales and Scotland

B - yes it does but only in a blink and you'll miss it kind of way

Scrumpy wrote:

lostinwales wrote:
ME-109 was a better plane than the hurricane and more manouvrable than than the spitfire, if slower. Luckily for us it was at the limit of its range when it came over to Britain with the bomber raids.

IMO the Hurricane was a better plane than the Spitfire in many ways, as it could take a lot of punishment, the ME-109 was a good aircraft but it lacked a soul.

Hurricane was cheaper, tougher (and easier to repair) and could carry more guns. It was ideal for attacking the bomber formations and fine against the Me-110 but was in trouble vs the more nimble 109

lostinwales wrote:

Portnoy's Complaint wrote:The ME-101 was buggered in the face of the Spitfire and the Hurricane (who were on the 'right' side of natural justice.

I agree btw, that spring doesn't start until the roses bloom and the English country garden is resplendent in its best attire.

Has anyone noticed how badly the forget-me-nots have fared this spring? The bluebells and the daffs overwintered well though.

ME-109 was a better plane than the hurricane and more manouvrable than than the spitfire, if slower. Luckily for us it was at the limit of its range when it came over to Britain with the bomber raids.

Luckily the ME-101 was and still it appears, remains at the very limit of its range.

And can still be shot down more or less at will despite any wily manoeuvrings

So that's a blessing for us all on this sceptre'd isle.

Bill wrote:Methinks I am a prophet new inspir'd,
And thus, expiring, do foretell of him:-
His rash fierce blaze of riot cannot last,
For violent fires soon burn out themselves;

I've been in Wales during the summer - I think it was on a Thursday  

Irish Londoner wrote:I've been in Wales during the summer - I think it was on a Thursday  

I remember asking a Welsh guy I knew why there was so little for kids to do inside in Swansea given that its the wettest city in Britain. He replied that its because the Welsh are a nation of optimists.

AsLongAsBut100ofUs wrote:Can we just move Scumpy to the the Off Topic section?

  

ME-109 wrote:The Joe sorry Messer Schmidt was a very good coach plane at the start but ultimately crashed and burned...

I think you've confused that plane with it's predecessor.

It was summer in Ireland last year. We're not due another for 5 years, so stop talking nonsense.