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Show Gaelic Alphabet Men familiar with the Gaelic tongue tell us that the alphabet of that ancient an-cient language Is the most curious of all alphabets, In that nearly every letter let-ter is represented by a tree. The alphabet al-phabet of today comprises eighteen letters; ancient Gaelic had seventeen. Now, as of old, all the letters with the exception of g, t and u, which stand for ivy, furze and heather, are called after trees. The Gaelic a b c now runs: Ailm, belte, coll, dur, eagh, fearn, gath, huath, iogh, . luls, muin, nuln, oiv, peith, ruls, suil, teine, ur, which la equivalent to saying: Elm, birch, ha-zel, ha-zel, oak, aspen, alder, ivy, whltehorn, yew, rowan or quicken, vine, ash, spin-dletree, spin-dletree, pine, elder, willow, , furze, heath. In the ancient Gaelic alphabet alpha-bet the letter h (the huath, or white-horn) white-horn) does not exist. The alphabet 1b called the beth-luls-nuin, because b, 1, n, and not a, b, c, are lt first three letters. |