GAELIC SOCIETY.

Evening Star, Issue 14689, 5 October 1911, Page 8

GAELIC SOCIETY.

The monthly meeting of the Gaelic SoI ciety was held last evening. | The Chief (Mr D. M'Pherson) announced ! that he had received the usual batcj. of post cards from Chieftain Roderick M'Ken--1 zie, together with a box of heather and a book of photographs of the " Clachan " at the Glasgow Exhibition. The Chief also produced a box of heather and stag horn moss from John Noble, gamekeeper, Achnahannet, Grantown-on-Spey. All the heather was distributed among those present, and was very highly appreciated. The Chief announced that a plant very similar to the stag horn moss was to be found on the mountains of Now Zealand, and he would endeavor to procure some. Ho read an account of a. meeting of An Commun Geidhealach from the 'Oban Time?,' in which it was announced that the Gaelic Society of New Zealand had been affiliated with An Commun GaidheaJach, and also that the local society had agreed to give two medals—one to the value of three guineas and the other to the value of two guineas—to the competition at the "Mod." and Mr Roderick M'Kenzie, as chieftain of the Gaelic Society, had offered another gold medal to the value of two guineas. The society and Mr M'Kenzie were thanked for the medals. The Chief read another interesting newspaper paragraph on the complication of a Gaelic dictionary by a man who was not a Highlander and who could not speak Gaelic until he was 17, thus illustrating what persoveraViPe. .tact, and determination could do. The, compiler was Mr Edward Dwelly, born in Middlesex, and educated at King's College, London. He studied Gaelic, and the more ha did so the more infatuated he became with the beauty of the language. Under the name of Ewcn Macdonald he has plodded alone for 50 years, and has produced adietionary of over 80,000 words. But that is not all. He has himself set up and printed every word of it, and stereotyped its pages and j illustrated it. | Musical items were contributed by the following: Mr William Morrison sang C'ait an caidi! au ribhinn,' and as an encore 'Mo mairi bha,u oig'; Miss Campbell 6ang 'John Highlandman '; Mr D. M. Eea sang 'The Highlandman's Toast'; Miss M'Leod sang ' Hi oro 'sua horo eile.' and as an encore ' Och mar ha me'; Mr John Mailer sang 'Ghru-agach dhonn.' and as an encoro ' Ho-ro nao nigheau donn boidheach '; Miss Chisholm sang ' The Holy City.' with Muss Reeves as accompanist ; a Highland reel was contributed ; Mr Donald Munro sang ' Eileau an f hraoich ' ; a.nd Miss Flynri sang •Bv the Fountain,' accompanied "bv Miss Reeves A dance followed.