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Téipichean Inntinneach: Audios/Videos of Interest

Maggie plays at the CMIC, Cape Breton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOHBxCLJ_kU

Oct. 20, 2014 - Maggie MacPhail (age 9) performs at the Celtic Music Interpretive

Centre (CMIC) in Judique, Nova Scotia, at the close of the Buddy MacMaster School of

Fiddling week, October 17, 2014. Maggie is accompanied by Troy MacGillivray on

piano. CMIC music director, Allan Dewar, is in front of Maggie recording her.

Cover photo from Colaisde na Gàidhlig’s Facebook page. Shown are members of Na Gaisgich Oga preparing for Hallowe’en.

(Photo by Margie Beaton)

Aithisg Iomairtean na Gàidhlig

Miar do Roinn nan Coimhearsnachdan,

a' Chultair agus an Dualchais

A publication of Gaelic Affairs A Division of Communities, Culture

and Heritage www.gov.ns.ca/oga Toll Free 1-888-842-3542

Iomradh-Sùileachaidh

nam Meadhannan

MEDIA MONITORING

REPORT 2014-10-31

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Spórs Oidhche Shamhna ann an Lios Mór

Hallowe’en Fun in Lismore –

There was lots of fun at this week’s Beginner Gaelic Class in Lismore. Class participant, Wilma (MacInnes)Burke (of

the grand age of 95), shared with us the tradition of making Fuarag. Other class members of the group helped to

celebrate Oichche nam Bòcan/Night of the Spooks by the storytelling of ghost stories and local traditions (both in

English and Gaelic) from this area. Instructors Wendy McInnis and Joan MacDonald along with the other students

wore costumes. This session was followed with fuarag, oatcakes, tea & treats. A scary good time was had by all.

(Photo/story courtesy of Joan MacDonald)

Conaire Moire ’ga h-aithris ann an Antaiginis - Gaelic Rosary Recital in Antigonish

Kathleen Reddy (centre) invited members of the Gaelic community to join her for recital of the Rosary in Gaelic to

commemorate “Mìos na Conair Moire” on Wed. Oct. 29, 2014 on campus at St. FX. (photo by P. MacDonald)


Ball na PB ionadail ag ràdh gur toil leis a’ Ghàidhlig ’fhaicinn ’ga cur gu feum ann a’

stéidheachdan na roinne

Local MLA says he likes to see Gaelic used in provincial institutions

From: 1015thehawk.com Wednesday, 29 October 2014 17:51

The MLA for Inverness says he likes to honour the language that was the predominant language in our province

at one time.

Allan MacMaster read a statement on late author Alistair MacLeod entirely in Gaelic in the provincial

legislature Tuesday.

MacMaster tells The Hawk he wanted to honour the late author from Dunvegan, Inverness Co., and the Gaelic

language.

"I think it's important from an educational perspective to show that it’s still relevant and certainly part of our

culture for many people in the province," he says. "I think it's nice to show that it’s relevant in our institutions."

MacMaster says he likes to use Gaelic in the legislature often, including during question period.

He says most of his colleagues don't have an understanding of the language. MacMaster says there was a bit of

a confusion when he began to speak. "Once they realized that it was for Alistair there were a lot of smiles and

recognition," he says. "They could understand why I did it in Gaelic as well."

MacLeod passed away earlier this year at the age of 77; he moved to Dunvegan from Saskatchewan when he

was ten.

The author was a graduate of StFX and won numerous awards over the span of his career, including being

named to the Order of Canada:

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From http://nslegislature.ca/index.php/proceedings/hansard/C96/house_14oct28/#HPage1530

MACLEOD, ALISTAIR: DEATH OF - TRIBUTE

MR. ALLAN MACMASTER « » : Rinn Alasdair MacLeòid dealbh choileanta air dualchas nan

eilthireach agus air gach caochladh a thachair riutha san t-saoghal ùr. Tha fios gun d'thug seo

fuasgladh dhan sliochd ann a bhith tuigsinn mar a bha suidheachadh an teaghlaich fhèin.

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Duine dùrachdach agus bàigheil a' rinn dealbh air eòlas fhèin ach a thug buaidh air mìlltean às

gach cearn is cultar. Chaidh a chuid leabhraichean eadar-theangachadh gu seachd-deug cànan.

Gum biomaid san Targh seo a'cur urram air an duine à Dun Bheagain an Siorramachd Inbhir Nis

agus ga mholadh airson beatha ionmholta.

http://www.stfx.ca/http://nslegislature.ca/index.php/proceedings/hansard/C96/house_14oct28/#HPage1530http://nslegislature.ca/index.php/en/people/members/Allan_Gerard_MacMasterhttp://nslegislature.ca/index.php/proceedings/hansard/C96/house_14oct28/#Allan_Gerard_MacMaster0004http://nslegislature.ca/index.php/proceedings/hansard/C96/house_14oct28/#Allan_Gerard_MacMaster0006http://nslegislature.ca/index.php/proceedings/hansard/C96/house_14oct28/#IPage1531


Eachdraidh Oidhche Shamhna - History of Halloween

http://www.heartoscotland.com/Categories/halloween.htm

The history of Halloween in Scotland begins with the ancient Celtic religious celebration of Samhain (summer's end).

One of the two greatest annual Druidic festivals (Beltane is the other), Samhain marked the end of the light half of the

year and the beginning of the dark half.

Samhain is the Celtic new year celebration. Beginning on the evening of October 31 (the Celts counted their days from

sunset to sunset, just as the bible does), the festival would last three days (perhaps longer).

As with other holidays of the Celtic year, October 31 marked a mystical time when the usual barriers between our

world and the Otherworld thinned and stretched allowing contact between human beings and the fairy folk and/or the

spirits of the dead.

Many of the celebratory elements, such as playing pranks, originated in the notion that at this time the world was

turned inside out prompting people to act with abandon against the usual social strictures.

Fire is a central element in all the Celtic celebrations. All hearthfires were put out and new fires lit from the great

bonfires. In Scotland, men lit torches in the bonfires and circled their homes and lands with them to obtain protection

for the coming year.

Later, Christian elements came into play, as All Hallows' Day (all Saints' Day) and All Souls' Day contributed their own

unique traditions to the core, such as trick or treating (collecting "soul cakes" on All Souls' Day) and dressing up in

frightening costumes as protection against evil spirits.

At no time, either in the Celtic religion nor in the Christian, was Halloween history connected with the devil or devil

worship. Modern satanists have appropriated a holiday that is not their own.

Once Halloween (name corrupted from All Hallows' Eve) came to America from Ireland and Scotland, other cultures

have added their own elements to the modern American celebration - vampire lore, werewolves, etc.

Friamhaichean Albannacha do dh’Oidhche Shamhna - Halloween’s Scottish roots

http://www.visitscotland.com/blog/culture/halloween/

Massively popular in the United States and celebrated to a lesser extent in the UK and other countries in various ‘guises’ -

excuse the pun – people are often unaware of the celebration’s strong Scottish connections. With its atmospheric

landscape and surfeit of haunted castles, peculiar superstitions and occasionally morbid history, it’s not surprising that

Halloween first took root here. Just take a look at the third and final instalments in our fantastic series of ‘Spooky

Scotland’ vines:

Halloween or Hallowe’en takes its name from All Hallows’ Eve, the night before the Christian festival of All Hallows or All

Saints Day. But it’s possible to trace its beginnings back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain or Samhuinn, held on 1

November, which marked the culmination of summer and the harvest period with the onset of winter. Robert Burns’ 1785

poem ‘Halloween’ details many of the national customs and legends surrounding the festival, many of them pagan in

origin, which had persisted even with the advent of Christianity.

http://www.heartoscotland.com/Categories/halloween.htmhttp://www.visitscotland.com/blog/culture/halloween/http://www.visitscotland.com/blog/scotland/castles/http://www.visitscotland.com/about/history/http://beltanefiresociety.wordpress.com/samhuinn-fire-festival-2013/http://www.visitscotland.com/about/robert-burns/


Tam o' Shanter –

A bass relief sculpture depicts Tam o' Shanter fleeing

the witches at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum

Samhain - The annual

Celtic Samhain Festival

at the Scottish

Crannog Centre on

Loch Tay, Kenmore

Alloway Auld Kirk: The Alloway Auld Kirk, where Tam o' Shanter encounters the witches' revel

One of the most enduring of these was the Celtic belief that it marked a time when the boundary between the living and

the spirit worlds was at its most tenuous, and that the ghosts of dead, including supernatural beings such as witches and

warlocks, would be able to walk the earth for this one night of the year. To ward off potentially malevolent entities, large

bonfires were lit in communities and it is believed that this practice survives today in the tradition of carving pumpkin

lanterns with creepy grimaces. While the use of pumpkins is actually an American invention, in Scotland it has been


custom to carve lanterns out of ‘neeps’ or turnips. Here are some other old fashioned Halloween traditions from Scotland

that you might want to incorporate into your own festivities this year:

Guising or ‘galoshin’ – instead of trick-or-treating, children would literally disguise themselves as evil spirits by blackening

their faces and dressing in old clothes to go guising. According to folklore, this was so that they could venture out safely

without being detected by wicked ghouls. Guisers also couldn’t simply knock on the doors of their neighbours yelling

‘trick-or-treat’ and expect sweets in return. They had to perform a ‘trick’ first by reciting a song, poem or joke before

being rewarded in goodies

Dookin’ for apples – a staple of children’s Halloween parties across the country, this time-honoured game involves trying

to grab apples floating in tub of water using your mouth with your hands tied behind your back. If you want to up the

stakes have a go at catching them with a fork

Treacle scones – once again with your hands tied, this messy game challenges participants to take a bite out of treacle

covered scones hanging from ropes

Nut burning – recently engaged? Find out if you and your beloved will live happily ever after. Toss a nut each into an open

fire. If they quietly smolder amongst the flames your union will be a good one, but if they hiss and crackle you could be in

for a bumpy ride!

Sausage rolls – the Witchcraft Act of 1735 forbid the consumption of pork pastries on Halloween. It wasn’t repealed until

the 1950s and since then sausage rolls have been a popular treat at Halloween parties and gatherings

As carved pumpkins quickly replace turnips and increasing numbers of children turn up at peoples’ doors yelling ‘trick-or-

treat’ without expecting to sing for their supper, the old Scottish traditions of Halloween may be waning, but I can’t

think of a more perfect place to celebrate this spookiest of holidays.

Are you all set for Halloween this year or have anything special in store for your little ghosts and monsters?

Barrachd cloinne ann an Antaiginis a’ gabhail gréim air cothrom a’ Ghàidhlig ’ionnsachadh

More children in Antigonish are jumping at the opportunity to learn Gaelic

CBC Halifax: (Reporter: Don Connolly; 6:15 - 7:00 in length)

More and more children in Antigonish are jumping at the opportunity to learn Gaelic. Janet Bessignal is

Information Morning's community contact in Antigonish, she joined the program to update listeners on

the latest news and events ongoing throughout the community and more about the Gaelic language

programs. Bessignal says there are three hundred students, in four different schools, between grades

four and twelve, who are studying core Gaelic. Students can chose to study Gaelic in grade four and carry

on right through to grade twelve. Originally in 2007, there were fifteen students enrolled in the Gaelic

language course. The first graduating class of the program was in 2013.


Sgeul Rùine na Samhna - Hallowe’en Mystery Story

From Antigonish Heritage Museum Newsletter Oct. 2014

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Mu dhéidhinn bhana-bhuidsichean is duilleagan na tì

From: Antigonish Heritage Museum newsletter - October 2014


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Brìgh ùr ann a’ cultar Cheap Breatainn Cape Breton culture gets new lease on life http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1247188-cape-breton-culture-gets-new-lease-on-life

CBU’s Beaton Institute to showcase its important collection of recordings, videos

Rare recordings and videos of Cape Breton life, history and talent are about to become available to the world, courtesy of the Beaton Institute at Cape Breton University.

“Back in 2007, we began unboxing and putting everything on shelves and we really recognized the importance of the collection here,” said Jane Arnold, archivist with the institute.

“We had a consultant, a folklorist, who came in and he told us he really feels this is a world-class collection,” Arnold said in an interview Tuesday.

The folklorist, Michael Taft, is the former head of the American Folklife Center Archive at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.

“No other collection of sound recordings matches that of the Beaton in its breadth and depth — its time span, its coverage of virtually all of the ethnic groups that comprise the island, and its documenting of the most important features of the culture of the island,” Taft said in a news release Cape Breton University issued Tuesday.

Taft’s work at the university involved reviewing the institute’s audiovisual collection, which includes over 3,000 audiotape recordings and 2,000 visual moving images. As well, a donation to the institute in 2010 means master reel recordings from Rodeo Records and Cape Breton content from the CBC Halifax media library swelled the holdings.

Since Monday was UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, archivists figured this would be a good week to make people aware of their vast holdings.

“We have a 1929 newsreel of the first landing of a transcontinental flight in Cape Breton,” said Arnold.

“The Bluenose was the name of the plane … and it was owned by W.D. Archibald of North Sydney — it came from San Francisco and it took 32 hours to get here.”

As well, there are the inevitable video and audio recordings of Cape Breton musical giants like Winston (Scotty) Fitzgerald. “The Beaton Institute is pleased to be at a point where we are able to share our audiovisual holdings with our researchers and community,” said Catherine Arseneau, manager of the institute.

“We have worked closely with the Centre for Cape Breton Studies in making many of these now-obsolete formats accessible again. Cape Breton Island has such a rich heritage in music, language and stories, and as the island’s regional archive, it is important that we preserve and share these records.”

Through social media, the institute will showcase several of its rare recordings and videos in the near future.

“We have a Facebook site and a Twitter account that we use to make people aware of what is available here,” said Arnold. In partnership with the digitization lab at the Centre for Cape Breton Studies, the institute now has over 5,000 raw and streaming audiovisual digital files.

The institute can be found online at cbu.ca/beaton and on Facebook at facebook.com/thebeatoninstitute.

http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1247188-cape-breton-culture-gets-new-lease-on-life


Faclan Feumail Gàidhlig aig Poilìn: PAULINE’S HANDY GAELIC WORDS

Is duilich uisge glan a thoirt à tobar salach

Literal Meaning: It’s difficult to draw pure water from a dirty well.

Luchd-tadhail à Ceap Breatainn: Visitors from C.B. From: Weekly newsletter of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig 24/10/14

Three people from C.B. were visiting the College on October 23. Lewis MacKinnon from the Gaelic Office in Nova

Scotia and Heather Sparling, researcher and lecturer in traditional music and folklore at UCB, gave lectures in the

Assembly Room. Mike Hunter from CBU Press was there too. Heather and Mike can be seen in the photo along

with College staff.


Faigh Eòlas air Dualchas Gàidhlig Antaiginis

Experience Gaelic Antigonish

http://www.thehighlandheart.ca/experience-gaelic-antigonish-56/

Beagan Bhriathran is Abairtean a bhuineas do dh’Oidhche Shamhna ann an Dualchas nan Gàidheal

Some Vocabulary and Phrases that pertain to

Halloween in the Tradition of the Gaels

Oidhche Shamhna Halloween

aodann coimheach mask

culaidh choimheach a costume

uile-bhéist a monster

ialtag a bat

ialtagan bats

cnàmhlach a skeleton

cnàmhlaich skeletons

peapag/puimcean a pumpkin

peapagan/puimceanan pumpkins

deoch an uil-ìoc a potion

uaigh a grave

uaighean graves

cladh a graveyard

cladhan graveyards

clach-chinn a headstone

clachan-cinn headstones

draoidh a magician

draoidhean magicians

ban-draoidh a sorcerer

ban-draoidhean sorcerers

cat dubh a black cat

cait dhubha black cats

bodach ròcais a scarecrow

fitheach raven

fithich ravens

an donas/an diabhal the devil

gàd teoclaid chocolate bar

gàdaichean teoclaid chocolate bars

sliseagan chips

poca de shliseagan a bag of chips

pocannan de shliseagan bags of chips

ùbhal an apple

ùbhlan apples

http://www.thehighlandheart.ca/experience-gaelic-antigonish-56/


milis a sweet

mìlsean sweets

treut a treat

treutan treats

samhnair(ean) trick or treater(s)

a’ falbh bho thaigh gu taigh going from house to house

samhnag a bonfire or torch used at Halloween

a’ faighinn treutan receiving/getting treats

ri cleasan up to tricks

bòcan boogey man/spectre

bòcain boogey men/spectres

taigh nam bòcan a haunted house

spiorad a spirit of a dead person

spioraid spirits of dead people

spiorad duine bheò a spirit of a living person

taibhs a ghost

taibhsichean ghosts

an taibhsearachd/an dà shealladh the second sight

bana-bhuidseach a female witch

bana-bhuidsichean female witches

a’ bhuidseachd the witchcraft/sorcery/curse

sìthiche a little person, i.e. a fairy

sìthichean little people, i.e. fairies

teine-sionnachain a jack o’lantern

an fhuarag a pudding made of a mixture of oatmeal and whipped cream

Am bi thu ’dol a-mach a’ faighinn treutan? Will you be going out trick or treating?

Bidh. Yes.

Cha bhi. No.

Dé ’chulaidh choimheach a tha thu ’cosg? What costume are you wearing?

’S e culaidh choimheach na ban-altrum a tha mi ’cosg. I am wearing a nurse’s costume.

Tha bòca(i)n anns an taigh sin. That house is haunted.

A bheil an t-eagal ort? Are you scared?

Tha, tha an t-eagal orm. Yes, I’m scared.

Chan eil, chan eil an t-eagal orm. No, I’m not scared.

Cò mhiad samhnair a thàinig dhan taigh agad? How many trick or treaters came to your house?

Thàinig deichnear shamhnairean dhan taigh agam. 10 trick or treaters came to my house.

Rinn i buidseachd orm. She put a curse on me.

Bidh na bana-bhuidsichean a’ goid toradh a’ bhainne. The witches will be stealing the good from the milk.

Chaidh a c(h)ur fo gheasaibh. He/She was put under charms

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TACHARTASAN – EVENTS

For further info on Gaelic Events in NS

see http://gaelic.novascotia.ca/events

Date

Place/ Time Event

Nov. 4 Iona Highland Village 2:00-4:00 pm

Caidreabh na Tì:

You are invited to join us a Gaelic tea and Social. Drop in anytime between 2

and 4 for tea and Gaelic conversation. Only Gaelic will be spoken. All are

welcome

Nov. 4 to Dec. 16

Halifax See ad for times

Cape Breton Step Dance Session - Citadel Community Centre (Citadel High

School) 1955 Trollope Street, Halifax. Tuesday, November 4 - December 16 (No class

Tuesday, Nov 11). 6 week session - 7:30 - 9:00pm. 7:30 - 8:00 - Beginner Class. 8:00 -

9:00 - All Levels Class. Instructor: Leanne Aucoin. Contact: www.halifaxgaelic.ca

902-869-5677

Nov. 7 Little Narrows 7:00 pm

The Songbird Series, a brand new community arts organization based in

Little Narrows, NS, is a singer-songwriter concert series designed to invoke

the intimate experience of a house concert. With only 60 seats available, you

won’t want to miss this opportunity to create a special connection with the

musicians and their music.

On November 7th

, the Songbird Series presents its first singer-songwriter,

from Prince Edward Island, Catherine MacLellan, joined by Chris Gauthier,

live at the Little Narrows Community Centre. Admission $15 ; Children 14 &

under $7. To purchase tickets email [email protected]; phone

(902) 756-2731; or online at brownpapertickets.com.

Nov. 28-30 St. Ann’s Weekend event

An Nollaig Gàidhealach ~ Christmas at the Gaelic College ~ Colaisde na Gàidhlig kicks off the holiday season with a Gaelic immersion weekend that includes a turkey dinner with all the trimmings, Christmas carols and decorating, and a chance to relax by the fireside with friends new

and old. Call us for more details! 902-295-3411 | www.gaeliccollege.edu Our Craft Shop remains open, Monday to Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm.

http://gaelic.novascotia.ca/eventshttp://www.halifaxgaelic.ca mailto:[email protected]://www.gaeliccollege.edu/


Rùn: ’S e rùn OIG a bhith ag obair le muinntir na h-Albann Nuaidh ann a’ leasachadh is brosnachadh na Gàidhlig, cànain ’s cultar, ’s a’ Mhòir-roinn.

Àicheadh: Tha Iomairtean na Gàidhlig ag ullachadh na h-aithisg seo an aon ghnothach fiosrachadh a sgaoileadh. Chan eil am fiosrachadh ’s na

ceanglaichean ri’m faighinn ’s an aithisg seo ach ’nan goireasan; ’s chan eil Riaghaltas na h-Albann Nuaidh a’ cur aonta ris na tha innte, ris na

poileasaidhean, no ris na bathair, no ri ceanglaichean do làraichean-lìn air an taobh a-muigh. Chan eil ceannas aig Oifis Iomairtean na Gàidhlig air an

fhiosrachadh seo no air na ceanglaichean do làraichean-lìn air an taobh a-muigh; agus chan eil an Oifis an urra ris a’ chinnteachd, ris an dligheachd,

no ris a tha am broinn an fhiosrachaidh ’s an aithisg seo, no ri na bhitheas de cheanglaichean a thig ásda. Ma chuireas duine gu feum am fiosrachadh

’s na ceanglaichean ’s an aithisg seo, nì e sin air a cheann fhéin. Cuiribh fios chun nan làraichean-lìn an taobh a-muigh ma bhios ceistean agaibh air

na th’annta.

MISSION: The mission of the Gaelic Affairs is to work with Nova Scotians in the development and promotion of Gaelic language and culture in the

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BUIN GÀIDHLIG na h-ALBANN NUAIDHE – ORIGINS OF NOVA SCOTIA GAELIC 'S ann an Gàidhlig na h-Albann a tha buin Gàidhlig na h-Albann Nuaidhe agus mar Ghàidhlig na h-Éireann agus Ghàidhlig Mhanainn, tha i 'na ball de mheur teaghlach nan cànainean Ceilteach ris an canar 'Goidelic' (Gàidhlig). Tha Gàidhlig na h-Albann Nuaidhe air a bhith 'ga bruidhinn anns a' Roinn againn bho chionn co dhiùbh 1773. Lìonmhor mar a tha i ann an òrain, ceòl dualchasach na fìdhle 's na pìoba, dannsa-ceumaidh, seanchas, cleachdaidhean is creideamh, tha a' Ghàidhlig a' cur ri iomadachd chultarach, shòisealta, oideachail, is eaconomach co-chomann na h-Albann Nuaidhe. Nova Scotia Gaelic has its origins in Scottish Gaelic and, like Irish Gaelic and Manx, is a branch of the family of Celtic languages. It has been spoken in our province since at least 1773 and is rich in cultural expression through song, traditional fiddle and pipe music, step dancing, storytelling as well as customs and beliefs. NS Gaelic continues to make cultural, social, educational and economic contributions to Nova Scotia society.

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Maggie plays at the CMIC, Cape Breton ...canadiancelticarts.ca/ESW/Files/Gaelic_News_2014_10_31.pdf · November, which marked the culmination of summer and the harvest period with