Auraicept na nÉicsíne: A first reading book in Old Irish
By Harriette Taylor Treadwell and Margaret Free
Translated by Francesco Felici
First edition, 2023. Illustrations by Frederick Richardson. Dundee: Evertype. ISBN 978-1-78201-316-7 (paperback).Click on the book cover on the right to order this book from Amazon.co.uk!
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| This primer, or first reader, is aimed at early learners of Old Irish, whether children or adults. It has a relatively small vocabulary of just under 300 words, and presents nine classic stories: The Little Red Hen, The Gingerbread Boy, The Old Woman and the Pig, The Boy and the Goat, The Pancake, Chicken Little, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Little Tuppens, and Little Spider’s First Web. | Ad·midethar int auraicept-so, nó in cétlebor léigind-se, éicsíniu nó cétḟoglaimthidi inna Sengoídilce, eter chlanda écodnacha ⁊ chlanda codnacha. At·tá forus focal fobec and .i. trí cét focal acht bec nammá. Do·aissilbi int auraicept noí ngnáthscéla: In Cherc Bec Derg, In Macc Bairgine Sinnséir, Int Ṡenben ⁊ in Mucc, In Macc ⁊ in Gabor, In Srubán Aigin, Éiréne Bec, Trí Buicc Gairb, Lethscrepull Bec, ⁊ Chétlín in Damáin Allaid Bic. | |
| A version of this book in English and in Cornish is also available. | ||