Oh we got a lovely one in class last night.
Tá mé idir dhá thine. Literally I am between two fires. Where is the word 'mind' asked someone, good question and we could have used 'comhairle' as a more literal translation but I LOVE dhá thine and the etymology of it is so rich, coming from the ancient maytime tradition of driving livestock between two fires.

Thanks for posting that. I have never heard it and it's really nice. I only have - the more boring - 'idir dhá aigne'. Keep us posted (literally!) on other little gems you encounter.

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I'm pretty sure that "Idir dhá thine (Bhealthaine)" means "in a bad situation", "in a dilemma", "between a rock and a hard place".

The exact same expression is also used in Scottish Gaelic.

I'd say "idir dhá intinn".

I wonder is "between two minds" Hiberno-English? Did it come from Irish originally? I don't know.

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I say "eadar dheá chomhairle".

Isn't it "in two minds" in standard English (I mean, not Ireland's English ) ?

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

I've heard that too. That's much better.

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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Cúpla ceann eile:
idir dhá stól:
idir dhá cheann na meá

"OF two minds" is what you'd hear here.

Redwolf

Yes, Red. that's how I've always heard it

At the Deireadh Seachtaine Gaeltachta last month here in SF, that expression was explained as referring to when St. Patrick faced off against the druids at Bealtaine, in order to draw back to Christianity people who had been wavering and had been drawn back to the old religion. Patrick lit his own competing fire in the name of his God, and the people were idir dhá thine ("between two fires"), deciding which way to go.

I have no idea whether that's true, but it makes more sense than having the phrase be a reference to passing between fires, because that was a purification ceremony, and wouldn't have had anything to do with indecision.

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