Tag: Gaelic Words of the Month
Kid’s Craic: A Little Hug from God
Books, recipes, Modern history, Jokes and Irish words
Kid’s Craic: Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler
By Megan Lardie Let the Good Times Roll….before Lent starts! I don’t know about you, but by the time the Feast of the Epiphany (January 6) rolls around, I have […]
Kid’s Craic: I Think, Therefore I Am
By Megan Lardie There has been a lot of talk about AI, artificial intelligence, in the news lately. The United States and Ireland are both concerned with cybersecurity. Both countries […]
Kid’s Craic: The Twelve Days of Christmas
By Megan Lardie In most cultures, the Twelve Days of Christmas are celebrated from Christmas Day, December 25th, to January 6th, the Feast of the Epiphany, (the day the three […]
Kid’s Craic: Election Day
By Megan Lardie November brings us Veteran’s Day and Thanksgiving Day. It also brings Election Day in the United States. This year Election Day is on Tuesday, November 7th. I […]
Kid’s Craic: Life is a Highway! Part II
By Megan Lardie September’s column was about the interstate highway system in the United States. Dwight D. Eisenhower had the idea of an interstate system after his time in the […]
Kid’s Craic: Life is a Highway! Part I
By Megan Lardie Have you ever heard of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956? Would you be surprised to learn that it is responsible for the suburb you might […]
Kid’s Craic: Ahoy Matey!
By Megan Lardie August is International Pirate Month. An organization called the Rogues’ Armada started ARRR-Gust International Pirate Month several years ago. It is a small group with over 1500 […]
Kid’s Craic: – Neither Snow nor Rain nor Heat nor Gloom of Night!
By Megan Lardie Early BeginningsJuly 1st is National Postal Workers Day. The United States Postal Service and its workers have a bad reputation, despite the monumental task they are charged […]
Kid’s Craic: Burning River….Wait, What?
As I was teaching my students about Earth Day this past April, I was telling them about how polluted the lakes and rivers were when I was a kid. I […]