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<text><body><div><p><span>Notes and Queries.</span></p>
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<lb n="2"/><p><span>(418.)  Another instance of the existence of two</span>
<lb n="3"/><span>forms, broad and slender, of a word is bunnán or</span>
<lb n="4"/><span>buinneán, bittern.  I have heard that sweet song An</span>
<lb n="5"/><span>bunnán buidhe very frequently sung in Co. Donegal by</span>
<lb n="6"/><span>a variety of singers, some of whom said Ó's a bhunnáin</span>
<lb n="7"/><span>bhuidhe, (ō să wuNan wee) and others, the greater number</span>
<lb n="8"/><span>I think, Ó 's a bhuinneáin bhuidhe (ō să winan wee).</span>
<lb n="9"/><span>Buinneán, however, clashes with buinneán, a shoot, a </span>
<lb n="10"/><span>young twig or branch, and bunnán is the usual</span>
<lb n="11"/><span>dictionary form for “bittern” (bunnán léana), though,</span>
<lb n="12"/><span>indeed, O'Reilly , who is often found to be accurate in </span>
<lb n="13"/><span>regard to Northern forms, also has buinnean leana.</span>
<lb n="14"/><span>A Connachtman once explained bunnán léana as = </span>
<lb n="15"/><span>“the bog trumpet,” from the booming sound this</span>
<lb n="16"/><span>beautiful bird makes.  It is not correct to suppose</span>
<lb n="17"/><span>that it no longer frequents Ireland.  A couple of </span>
<lb n="18"/><span>months ago a gentleman living near Derry shot one</span>
<lb n="19"/><span>at Burnfoot.  I should also state that the setting of</span>
<lb n="20"/><span>the air, now introduced to Dublin audiences, represents</span>
<lb n="21"/><span>the traditional form preserved by Mr. Peter Boyle, of</span>
<lb n="22"/><span>Mín a' ghiumhais, Co. Donegal.  The notes were first</span>
<lb n="23"/><span>taken down by Miss L. McGinty, Donegal, who also </span>
<lb n="24"/><span>jotted down those of Siubhán Níg Uidhir, and several</span>
<lb n="25"/><span>other songs.  </span></p>
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<lb n="27"/><p><span>(419.) The O.Ir. word altán, a razor, is still spoken</span>
<lb n="28"/><span>in Valentia I., Co. Kerry.  It is common in the phrase</span>
<lb n="29"/><span>altán sgine = a strong very sharp knife. </span></p>
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