Enjoy a calming tea ritual, some ancient Irish words that are now used in English, a bittersweet lament to birds by Christopher Tin, endangered mushrooms, acid trance an unzipped Vampire and much more in edition #104
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Welcome to edition #104 of Interesting Things I Found on the Internet, jam-packed with goodies incl. ancient #Irish words, calming #tea, acid #trance, a lament to lost birds and unzipped #vampires. Get in there peeps! #ContentCatnip
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A riot of colour in a fabric map of Africa
Beautiful! Although it is worth mentioning that someone wrote in the Reddit comments that this map is not truly representative of the vast and complex cultures and fabrics available on the African continent.
“South Africa alone has 7-12 different tribe’s in it alone. This far from captures the rich history of textiles in Africa. It’s far more than one type per country and then there’s the various patterns (kente from Ghana for example has hundreds of different patterns and configurations) and there’s so much overlap due to trade and cultural migration. You can divide African cultures by country, a lot of the borders are remnants of colonialism and do not represent or reflect the cultural complexity that is the African continent. It’s far too diverse for so simple an illustration (context I’m a South African xhosa man married to a Ghanian Ashanti woman born in Botswana).”
Small Habits that Heal a Tired Heart by Choki
This is a restful, cosy channel where Choki creates a lot of hearty recipes and the ASMR background sounds are quite soothing, I hope you enjoy it.
Words in English that originate from Irish
Did you know that the words ‘brat’, ‘banshee’ and ‘hooligan’ originate from Irish? given how rowdy and hilarious Irish people get when they are having a night out…this does not surprise me whatsoever. Here are some other words that we use every day from Irish. Via Wikipedia
banshee (from Irish bainsídhe/beansídhe, meaning “woman of fairy” or “of a fairy mound”[2]
Bean (ban) is the Modern Irish word for woman.Síd(h) (modern spelling sí) is Irish for ‘mound’ (see Sidhe). In traditional Irish mythology, a spirit usually taking the form of a woman who sings a caoineadh (lament) warning of impending death in an old Irish family.
bog (from “boc”, meaning “soft” or “marshy”[3] and -aigh to form bogach meaning “soft soil composed primarily of peat”[4])Used as the Anglicized “bog” as slang for a mire, but also to become stuck or impeded.[5]
bogeyman (possibly from bogaigh + English man)The word bogaigh is pronounced approximately as “boggy”, and the bogeyman legend originates from humanoid-appearing logs and human “bog-bodies” found well-preserved in peat. These occasional discoveries gave rise to unsettling stories some suggest may have been used to encourage good behavior from otherwise misbehaving children.
boreen (from bóithrín, meaning “country lane”)A narrow, rural Irish road.bother (possibly from
bodhar, “deaf; bothered; confused”; or from bodhraigh, “to deafen; to annoy”)The earliest use appears in the writings of Irish authors Sheridan, Swift and Sterne.[6]brock (from old Irish brocc[7])A badger.brat (from Old Irish
bratt meaning “cloak, mantle”[8])A cloak covering or cloth.[9] Also as swadding-clothes[10] and bird’s plumage.[11]
brogan (from bróg, meaning “shoe”[12] or “boot”.[13])A boot or shoe of untanned leather, often with holes in the sides or over the toes intended for drying while worn in wet conditions.[14]
brogue (from barróg, meaning “to wrestle or grasp”[15] with teanga (tongue) to mean an impediment of speech.[16])Though found in wide use in English to indicate a heavy accent, the Irish do not use this term for the negative connotations.[17]
clabber, clauber(from clábar) wet clay or mud; curdled milk.
clock O.Ir. clocc meaning “bell”; into Old High German as glocka, klocka[18] (whence Modern German Glocke) and back into English via Flemish;[19] cf also Welsh cloch but the giving language is Old Irish via the hand-bells used by early Irish missionaries.[18][20]
colleen (from cailín meaning “young woman”) a girl (usually referring to an Irish girl) (OED).
corriea cirque or mountain lake, of glacial origin. (OED) Irish or Scots Gaelic coire ‘Cauldron, hollow’
craicfun, used in Ireland for fun/enjoyment. The word is actually English in origin; it entered into Irish from the English “crack” via Ulster Scots. The Gaelicised spelling craic was then reborrowed into English. The craic spelling, although preferred by many Irish people, has garnered some criticism as a faux-Irish word.[21]
cross the ultimate source of this word is Latin crux, the Roman gibbet which became a symbol of Christianity. Some sources say the English wordform comes from Old Irish cros.[22][23] Other sources say the English comes from Old French crois[24] and others say it comes from Old Norse kross.[25]
drum (ridge), drumlin(from drom/druim meaning “ridge”) a ridge often separating two long narrow valleys; a long narrow ridge of drift or diluvial formation. Drumlin is a linguistic diminutive of drum, and it means a small rounded hill of glacial formation, often seen in series (OED). A landscape of many Drumlins occurs in some parts of Ireland (including counties Cavan and Armagh). Drumlin is an established technical word in geology, but drum is almost never used.
drisheen(from drisín or drúishin).dulse[23] (from Old Irish duilesc).
esker(from eiscir) an elongated mound of post-glacial gravel, usually along a river valley (OED). Esker is a technical word in geology.
Fenian(from Fianna meaning “semi-independent warrior band”) a member of a 19th-century Irish nationalist group (OED).
fiacrea small four-wheeled carriage for hire, a hackney-coach. Saint Fiacre was a seventh-century Irish-born saint who lived in France for most of his life. The English word fiacre comes from French. (OED)
Gallowglass (from gallóglach) a Scottish Gaelic mercenary soldier in Ireland between mid 13th and late 16th centuries.galore(from go leor meaning “til plenty”) a lot (OED).gob(literally beak) mouth, though used in colloquial Irish more often to refer to a ‘beaky’ nose, i.e. a sticky-beak. Perhaps from Irish. (OED)
griskin (from griscín) a lean cut of meat from the loin of a pig.
hooligan (from the Irish family name Ó hUallacháin, anglicised as O’Houlihan) one who takes part in rowdy behaviour and vandalism.
keening (from caoinim[ˈkiːnʲəmʲ] meaning “I wail”) to lament, to wail mournfully (OED). No relation to “keen” = eager.
kibosh, kyboshto finish, to put an end to: “That’s put the kibosh on it”. The OED says the origin is obscure and possibly Yiddish. Other sources[26] suggest that it may be from the Irish an chaip bháis meaning “the cap of death” (a reference to the “black cap” worn by a judge passing sentence of capital punishment, or perhaps to the gruesome method of execution called pitchcapping);[27] or else somehow connected with “bosh”, from Turkish “boş” (empty). (Caip bháis – pronounced as kibosh – is also a word in Irish for a candle-snuffer.)
Leprechaun(from leipreachán, based on Old Irish luchorpán, from lu ‘small’ + corp ‘body’ (ODE).
Limerick (from Luimneach)
lough (from loch) a lake, or arm of the sea. According to the OED, the spelling “lough” was originally a separate word with a similar meaning but different pronunciation, perhaps from Old Northumbrian: this word became obsolete, effectively from the 16th century, but in Anglo-Irish its spelling was retained for the word newly borrowed from Irish.
phoney (probably from the English fawney meaning “gilt brass ring used by swindlers”, which is from Irish fáinne meaning “ring”) fake.[28]
poteen (from póitín) hooch, bootleg alcoholic drink (OED)
shamrock (from seamróg) a clover, used as a symbol for Ireland (OED).
Shan Van Vocht (from sean-bhean bhocht meaning “poor old woman”) a literary name for Ireland in the 18th and 19th centuries.
shebeen (from síbín meaning “a mugful”) unlicensed house selling alcohol (OED).
shillelagh (from sail éille meaning “a club with a strap”) a wooden club or cudgel made from a stout knotty stick with a large knob on the end.
Sidhe (Irish pronunciation: [ʃiː]) the fairy folk of Ireland, from (aos) sídhe (OED). See banshee.sleveen, sleiveen(from slíghbhín/slíbhín) an untrustworthy or cunning person. Used in Ireland and Newfoundland (OED).slew(from sluagh meaning “a large number”) a great amount (OED). Note: as in a slew of new products, not as in slay.slob(from slab) mud (OED). Note: the English words slobber and slobbery do not come from this; they come from Old English.[24]
slogan (from sluagh-ghairm meaning “a battle-cry used by Gaelic clans”) Meaning of a word or phrase used by a specific group is metaphorical and first attested from 1704.[29]smithereens: small fragments, atoms. In phrases such as ‘to explode into smithereens’. This is the word smithers (of obscure origin) with the Irish diminutive ending. Whether it derives from the modern Irish smidrín or is the source of this word is unclear (OED).tilly(from tuilleadh meaning “a supplement”) used to refer to an additional article or amount unpaid for by the purchaser, as a gift from the vendor (OED). Perhaps more prevalent in Newfoundland than Ireland. James Joyce, in his Pomes Penyeach included a thirteenth poem as a bonus (as the book sold for a shilling, twelve poems would have come to a penny each), which he named “Tilly,” for the extra sup of milk given to customers by milkmen in Dublin.[30]
tory originally an Irish outlaw, probably from the Irish verb tóir meaning “pursue” (OED).
turlough a seasonal lake in limestone area (OED) Irish tur loch ‘dry lake’
whiskey (from uisce beatha meaning “water of life”) (OED).
A totally mindblowing triphop mix from Massive Attack in 1994
I almost forgot how amazing music was in 1994. This is a great reminder. Some visuals from a drive around London.
Lost footage from Philippines 1942 found
Another incredible modern classical song from the album ‘Lost Birds’ by Christopher Tin
It is a bittersweet, joyful and sad song that captures the essence of that ineffable feeling we all have when we think about the animals that are disappearing from our world. Warning: don’t listen if you are already feeling a bit teary. On the other hand, keep listening if you don’t mind having a wee cry.
Get your shit together at the Anti-Procrastination Cafe in Tokyo
In the suburb of Koenji, Tokyo you can visit the anti-procrastination cafe and choose between levels of “support” from the staff to get your next book, design or creative project moving.
Via Interesting as Fuck on Reddit
Wrinkled Peach Mushrooms Rhodotus palmatus are natural works of art
Wrinkled Peach mushrooms are classified by IUCN Red List as one of the rarest and most endangered mushrooms in the world. They are threatened by the reduction of elm and ash wood trees caused by fungal diseases and removal of dead woods.
Deforestation for timber is also reducing the habitat for this rare beautiful jewel o the forest. Dutch elm disease affects the growth of this mushroom and has to date killed over 60 million elms. Some people claim that this mushroom has no odour but others insist its odour is strong, minty, and smells like camphor. They are considered inedible.
Once found throughout Europe and the UK, these mushrooms are now exceptionally rare. Their red sap-like substance is called “guttation”, which is basically the mushroom’s way of purging excess water as it grows.
Via Interesting as Fuck on Reddit and Healing Mushrooms
Noughties queen and dancefloor diva Róisín Murphy does a version of ‘Sing it Back’ at home
I love Róisín Murphy’s vivacious and extra personality, amazing clothes, husky voice and solid gold stage presence. She recorded this during lockdown in her lounge room, I just love it.
Divinity’s Astropredictions for 2023
I love this channel on Youtube it’s wacky and hilarious and features a range of larger-than-life characters that you never knew you needed in your life…like Divinity the TV psychic from the 80’s giving you insights into what’s going to happen this year.
As she would say… “Nana Stays”
It’s the late 90’s early 00’s again with this acid trance mix
I love the sound of this I guess you will need to see and hear for yourself…
A mysterious portrait of Princess Natalya Petrovna Galitzin as an unzipped ravenous vampire
I was unable to find the source of this mysterious painting which is a remix of an oil painting of Princess Natalya Petrovna Golitsyna (1741 – 1838) a Russian noblewoman and lady in waiting. She was originally painted by Alexander Roslin, a Swedish portrait painter who worked in Sweden, Poland and Russia at this time, painting the aristocracy. How the unzipped version with a ravenous vampire inside was created and by whom is a total mystery and Google searches have uncovered nothing. If anyone knows, please let me know. This is endlessly compelling!
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Content Catnip 
The last one is mind-blowing!!! What an incredible painting! 🤯
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