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Ur The Elm? - Winter Prompt 3 - Part 1
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Ur The Elm? - Winter Prompt 3 - Part 1

One of 20 modules of 'Ogham Prompts'

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Úr in most Ogham alphabets is now considered by most Ogham students and users as being associated with heather. Of course, Heather is not a tree

Ancient language researchers, including Damian McManus relate to translating out as úr, or úír, as describing clay or very thick earth’. Reading that, I am sure the modern word ‘urn’ comes to mind?

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