Sunday, December 11, 2011

Cryptic clue contains word mother - Gaelic - my home town - Tobar na Mathar?

A large town near Glasgow, Scotland. Its English translation and name is "Motherwell." I know that 'tobar' (pronounced "tubber") means a "well" in both Irish and Scottish Gaelic. Mathar is the Gaelic word for mother but is actually pronounced "mahr" in modern Gaelic, both Irish and Scottish.

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