otes Greylag The words in italics are Dutch: gaan means ‘go’, vandaag means ‘today’, veranderen means ‘change’. Kestrel Luft and Lug both mean ‘Air’ (in German and Afrikaans respectively), Lig means ‘Light’ in Afrikaans, Luch means ‘Mouse’ in Irish Wren roitelet and dreoilin are words for ‘wren’, in French and Irish respectively The hearts of these words o-o : a bird whose last song was heard in 1987 and is probably extinct deoch-an-doris: means ‘one for the road’. A Gaelic term (literally ‘Drink of the door’) for the practice of offering a guest a final drink before the journey home. omma: According to Wikipedia Omma is a genus of beetle in the family Ommatidae, and is an example of a ‘living fossil’. immer: means ‘always’ in German talitha koum: means ‘young girl, arise’ and is quoted in Mark’s Gospel (Mark 5:41). Jesus was said to have resurrected a dead child with these words. Before the Map Oom means ‘Uncle’ (Afrikaans) Tlou and Olifant mean ‘Elephant’ in SeSotho and Afrikaans respectively 143