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Old 23rd March 2006, 22:51
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I am told that ric-a-dam-doo comes from the Gaelic Language. Can anyone tell me what it means
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Old 23rd March 2006, 23:23
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I am told that ric-a-dam-doo comes from the Gaelic Language. Can anyone tell me what it means
Doesn't mean anything to me - but my gaelic is pretty limited.
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Old 24th March 2006, 08:21
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I am told that ric-a-dam-doo comes from the Gaelic Language. Can anyone tell me what it means
A few bits of it make sense phonetically, but the entire phrase doesn't ring any bells.

What context is the phrase used in? I mean, if it came from Gaelic, where did it go to?

(edited - damh dubh means black stag, for example)
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I am told that ric-a-dam-doo comes from the Gaelic Language. Can anyone tell me what it means
I WAS quite curious about this myself, so a bit of research brings up a bit of info from the following site. http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-flags/ppcli.htm
Apparently it means 'Cloth of thy Mother' and is used to describe the regimental camp colours of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
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Sorry, that's like Glaschu the Dear Grey... can't see Cloth of thy mother in ric a dam doo... but then I'm just a learner and maybe someone more in the know can explain that to me.
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What about other phrases?

Scooby Doo - Obviously 'An Sguabaire Dubh', the black scrubber, due to his ability to sweep away ghosts etc, and he has a black spot or too.

Yabba Dabba Doo - A dhith bo, da bho dubh.
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ROFL!

That made my day! Really SR, you are spot on with this one!
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