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  • Please translate "Poll a' Bhathaid" into English. I believe it may be Scottish gaelic.


  • Hello niggywiggy This means "The Drowning Pool". It could be a placename. As you'll see in my sources below, there is more than one way of spelling the word for drowning. I found it online as: bh thaidh b thaidh b thadh bh thadh I didn't find it ending in "d" without a final "h" as in your version, but am confident "the drowning pool" is the correct meaning, as there isn't anything else it could be. Poll can also mean water-hole, bog and other wet places. Scottish Gaelic words starting with a simple "b" change to "bh" in some circumstances, but you need to look them up in the dictionary as if they had no "h". Gaelic dictionary (searching with "bath*") http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/faclair/sbg/lorg.php My other sources for this answer were: "Toll a' Bh thaidh" means "The drowning hole". http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/vli/language/gaelic/pdfs/placenamesP-Z.pdf Poll a' - used in placenames "poll nm puill g puill pl pool, pit, deep stagnant water, wet meadow Poll a' Bhainne , Poll a' Choire http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/freefun/didyouknow/placenames/gaelicglossary-m-r.html More Scottish pools called "poll": http://www.speyfishing-grantown.co.uk/poolpictures.htm "18 December 1862, still remembered as the 'Day of the Great Drowning'" http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/sub_section.jsp?SectionID=7¤tId=196 The previous page appears in Gaelic as: "18mh dhen D bhlachd 1862, latha air a bheil cuimhne fhathast mar 'L a' Bh thaidh Mh ir" http://www.ambaile.org.uk/gd/sub_section.jsp?SectionID=7¤tId=196 I hope this is helpful, but let me know if you have a query about my answer. Best wishes - Leli Additional searches: Bh thaidh OR B thaidh OR Bh thadh OR B thadh drowning ://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Bh%C3%A0thaidh+OR+++B%C3%A0thaidh+OR+Bh%C3%A0thadh+OR+B%C3%A0thadh+drowning+&btnG=Search&meta= Bhathaidh OR Bathaidh OR Bhathadh OR Bathadh drowning ://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=Bhathaidh+OR+Bathaidh+OR+Bhathadh+OR+Bathadh+drowning+&btnG=Search&meta= "Poll a' " gaelic ://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=%22Poll+a%27+%22+gaelic&btnG=Search&meta=


  • Sorry, I meant to add a comment: Your answer makes good sense as the Drowning Pool is behind an old Scottish manse and is believed to have been a witches' ducking pond where if the witch drowned she was innocent, but if she floated she was guilty ! It was tough in those days !!


  • Thank you so much for the feedback. It's fascinating to hear the story behind the question. Glad I could help - Leli







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