Kittens & Gaeilge

My kittens have decided to play nice. Mostly. They aren't scratching me very much at all, they have decided that purring and snuggles are the way to go at bedtime and they are putting on weight as fast as I can shovel food into them. They are hardly even trying to steal each other's food any more. Although this morning.....

"You've got WEET-BIX!" quoth Shadow. "Look, it's very simple. It's MY Weetbix now. All you have to do is just sit there and let me plunge my little adorable nose into your bowl and everything's just gonna be fine. Look, stop picking me up and snuggling me. Yeah that's good too but it's not the real issue at stake here. What do you mean it's yours???? We can work this out, OK? Just because you're suddenly trying to eat standing up isn't going to make a difference here. I can climb up your arm and - look, just turn your back, close your eyes, count to ten and it won't be a problem any more. Oh, OK. So if I let you eat most of it you'll put the rest on the floor for me? All right. Without prejudice, we can close on that one. This time. But I warn you: I'm a very tough negotiator."

I think she was a feral kitten born hungry, and still hasn't worked out about there being food next time. But she is slowly getting the idea.

On another issue entirely, I'm listening to Cran Ull while I do Maths today. I have always loved that song Bacach Shile Andai and have always wondered what the title meant. I mean OK, Bacach means lame and Shile will be an oblique case of Sile (Sheila*) which is the Irish form of Julia. Andai???? What is this? Her surname?

Looked up on Google and found all the lyrics, but no English translation. Nobody has ever done one. Um, OK. Is this Secret Business?????

[* OK, all you Aussie blokes and sheilas. Did you know that Sheila is actually Irish? ]