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		The Ogham Alphabet     The Ogham Alphabet is sometimes called the Celtic Tree Alphabet. It was an alphabet used primarily to represent Gaelic languages from Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Ogham characters may be represented in several different ways, usually vertically or horizontally and occasionally the vowels may appear as dots instead of bars. However the symbols are displayed, a sentence will always begin with the EITE (feather) symbol and end with the EITE THUATHAIL (reversed feather) symbol, spaces between words are shown by the SPAS (space) symbol.     Character Name Meaning English Analogue Beth Birch B Luis Rowan L Fearn Alder F Saille Willow S Nuin Ash N Uath White-Thorn H Duir Oak D Tinne Holly T Coll Hazel C Ceirt Apple Q Muin Vine M Gort Ivy G nGétal Broom or Fern NG Straif Blackthorn Z (ss) Ruis Elder R Character Name Meaning English Analogue Spas Space Ailm Fir A Onn Furze O Úr Heath U Eadhadh White Poplar E Iodhadh Yew I Eabhadh ? EA Oir Gold OI Uilleann Elbow UI Iphin Pine IA Eamhancholl Double c AE Peith Soft Birch P Eite Feather (Sentence start) Eite Thuathail Reversed Feather (Sentence end)