
Cheers,
Bill
I know a typo when I see one. The apostrophe is not in line with the ray from above. I had considered that and zoomed in to be sure.akerbelts, what you're interpreting as a "stray apostrophe" is just an extension of the rays from the eye device.
I'm not making anything up. I put 'blessings mount zion' into Google in order to determine if there is some sort of link between blessings, a mountain and the masons. There are over 5 million google hits. Granted, some are just references to churches called Mt Zion but there is an overlap. Perhaps it's not a topic exclusive to the masons since it seems to be a reference to a bible verse. But it seems to be a topic popular with masons, at least in some places, at any rate.I don't know why you're making up the "blessings from mount zion" thing: I've been a Mason for 32 years and have never heard any such reference.
At *some* point someone stinted on getting a good tr*nsl*t**n, be that in 1831 or 19081831 wax seal which was used until about 1908, so there's no embarrassment.
The phonetic value of mh and bh in this position is the same, it comes out as /v/. There is no dialect issue between sliabh vs sliamh. It is a typo.in a local dialect shared in many ways with Strathspey and bits of Perthshire.
So what? He didn't invent Gaelic spelling. Sliamh always was a mistake. Even in Old Irish it was always sliabh.A Mhìcheil, Dwelly's wasn't available in 1831
You're thinking English. Which is beside the point. Granted, Gaelic has some variation but some words are just wrong.and spelling was pretty variable. Heck, the 1831 game act of the UK parliament spells "waggon" with two Gs. Is that a typo?