In Scottish Gaelic
The
Cearr-Dubhan
Is
The Sacred Beetle
Whilst
A
Ceàrd-Dubhan
Is a
Dung Beetle
Although it can mean a
Scarab,
Or a
Hornet...
I should have been a
Pair of ragged claws
Scuttling across
The floors of silent seas...
Beetling Around
Rocky Shores
At the Sound
Of Harris...
Refs: Am Faclair Beag - http://www.cairnwater.co.uk/faclair/index.aspx?Language=en
cearr-dubhan (AC) sm The sacred beetle
Original page here: http://www.archive.org/stream/faclairgidhl01dweluoft#page/183/mode/1up
ceàrd-dubhan -ain. sm Dung-beetle 2 Scarabaeus. 3 Hornet. 4 see cearr-dubhan
Original page here: http://www.archive.org/stream/faclairgidhl01dweluoft#page/182/mode/1up
The Love Song Of J Alfred Prufrock, T.S. Eliot
(Which happens to be the only poem that I ever learnt by heart in order to impress a girlfriend...)
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