NR - Griffin, for want of a standard spelling...

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In a message dated 9/14/00 1:00:45 PM Central Daylight Time, 
toadams at hotmail.com writes:

<< what did the Scots, Irish, english, & welsh use to describe hard winds and 
 ugly weather?  or Griffins or what not? >>
Well, here are some Irish ideas...
Windy Land = Gaofartir...which lends itself to lowbrow humor.
The Irish for Storm is Stoirm, stormy would be Stoirmeach
Ugly Weather = Granna Aimsir
Hard winds = Cruagoath
Since lightening was mentioned, the Irish for lightening is Tintreach
~Fionnagan
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