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from Edward Bunting, Ancient Music of Ireland (Dublin 1840)
Irish lúb spoken by Gráinne Yeats Scottish Gaelic lùb spoken by Tony Dilworth Click the play button to hear it spoken. help Lub - A poetical name of the harp. This is almost certainly for lúb, a perfectly ordinary word for a 'loop, coil, link, twist; craft, deceit'. I have failed to trace the poetic use of it for a harp. Colm Ó Baoill 2002
Click the play button to hear it spoken. help
Lub - A poetical name of the harp.
This is almost certainly for lúb, a perfectly ordinary word for a 'loop, coil, link, twist; craft, deceit'. I have failed to trace the poetic use of it for a harp.
Colm Ó Baoill 2002
