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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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coronach
noun
a lament, a dirge:
At first she wandered through the house singing coronachs to her aching heart, with tears running down her cheeks.
18-
.
etymology:
Scots Gaelic
corranach
; Irish Gaelic
corĂ¡nach
; attested by
JS
and
BW