Common English name:SnowdropScientific name:Galanthus nivalisL.Welsh:Eirlys Other common names:Candlemas bells, Mary’s taper, Snow-piercer, February fairmaids, Dingle-dangle Description: Height15-25cm (6-10″). Strap-shaped bluish-green leaves grow at the base of each stem, which bears a sing...
aPenguins are flightless birds belonging to the family Spheniscidae. World-wide there are 17 species of penguin, all of which breed in the Southern hemisphere. The name is believed to have originated from the Welsh "pen gwyn" which means white head. The name was originally applied to Great ...
Are they outdoors, busy in the garden plots surrounding their home, the old Keeper’s Cottage, or out with Pop in its feggy field that runs down to the brook and the woods? Perhaps they are absorbed, fastidiously tending a shotgun, employing eyeleted rod, and oily rags, as freshly perse...
Areia– The feminine form of the name Ares. Given that both Athena and Ares are war gods, the difference is that Athena is more about strategy and Ares is about just wading in for the glory of it. Athena earned this epitaph during the trial of Orestes murdering his mother where she was...
Sat in a pub discussing life the universe and everything in welsh. Or Mongolian. Or dolphin language Setting sail for the caribbean Overland to Uzbekistan I stand atop a mountain soaking in the majestic views You can see for miles Raining stair rods ...
the /gw/ of "Gwyneth" (and a few other names) comes from Welsh, which appears to have an alternation between /w/ and /gw/ at the start of words (so "Winnie" and "Gwinnie" are essentially variants of the same name); such variation occurs in other languages in...
Feel like you're constantly treading water? If you're stressed out, you're not alone. According to WalletHub, Louisiana is one of the most 'stressed out' states in the country! Just how stressed out are we in Louisiana? And here I was wondering why I always found myself singing along...
“These papers that are being retracted now are from a different era and different area of biology,” Professor Kaelin toldTimes Higher Education. “It’s an unhappy situation, but at least none of the work that led to the Nobel prize is affected.” ...
An “evil” paedophile and three women are facing years in jail today for establishing a satanic sex cult to abuse children and young adults in a quiet Welsh town. Former Tesco security guard Colin Batley, 48, presided over the depraved “quasi-religious” sect which indulged in occult Egyptol...
Image viaUnsplashby Daniel Welsh What’s there and why visit Mitte is, without a doubt, the best area to stay in Berlin for first-time visitors. As the name of the neighborhood suggests, it is in the “center” of the city. You will find fantastic attractions everywhere you turn, from...