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cytex · **Joined:** Mon 05 Sep 2011 10:34 am **Posts:** 64

franc 91 wrote:

I remember trying to create a time line in Irish (in the other place) that included such typically French moments of the day as - apéritif, pousse-café, sieste coquine, un petit creux, un petit verre avant de se coucher - only to be told very sternly that the soft Irish climate doesn't allow for such things, not to mention the opinion of the parish priest.

would love to know what they mean in english

franc 91 · **Posted:** Thu 12 Jul 2012 9:07 pm

I'm sure you must know the first one - greadóg - un pousse-café would probably be - licéar (or as we say here - un digestif, though when I say that in English, they think I'm talking about biscuits)- une sieste coquine is when you feeling just that little bit sleepy when you're after your dinner, but you don't want to be alone - un petit creux is when your stomach is telling you that it needs just a little something just to keep it going - un petit verre avant de se coucher - a little glass of something just before going to bed ie a nightcap - and how might you say those as Gaeilge, hein ? alors ?

Lughaidh · **Joined:** Thu 15 Sep 2011 12:06 pm **Posts:** 2436

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une sieste coquine is when you feeling just that little bit sleepy when you're after your dinner, but you don't want to be alone

nicely said :mrgreen:

franc 91 · **Posted:** Sat 14 Jul 2012 8:09 pm

Would a nightcap be - deoch shuain ?
and I've just seen this -
http://www.jcspraoi.com/biachlar.html

Saoirse · **Posted:** Fri 27 Jul 2012 10:05 pm

franc 91 wrote:

Would a nightcap be - deoch shuain ?
and I've just seen this -
http://www.jcspraoi.com/biachlar.html

There seems to be a problem with that link, franc.

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