This time I wish to teach you a lesson in the Dutch language.
Dutch is spoken by sixteen million people living in Holland. And Holland is only as big as Munster. It is also spoken by many people in Belgium, and by some of the white people living in South Africa. They do not call it Dutch but Afrikaans.
And then it is of course spoken by people like me who were born in Holland but do not live there anymore.
So now we begin our lesson:
Father – Vader
Mother – Moeder
Children – kinderen
Animals – dieren
Plants – planten
Pears – peren
Plums – pruimen
Strawberries – aardbeien
Raspberries – frambozen
Apples – appels
House – huis
Fruit – fruit
One – een
Two – twee
Three – drie
So if you go to Holland when you are older, for a holiday, or perhaps to work there, you can tell them that you had your first lesson in Dutch through our newsletter.
But don’t worry. Most Dutch people can speak good English, because it’s taught to all the children in school.

Now comes the competition:
I want you to translate from English into Dutch:
At The Apple Farm we have fruit: Apples, Pears, Plums, Strawberries,
Raspberries.
I will help you with the beginning:
Op de Apple Farm hebben we fruit:


Send your entries, including your name and address (to reach us by January 30th) to:
Winter competition,
The Apple Farm,
Moorstown,
Cahir,
Co. Tipperary
Entrants should be aged 12 years or younger.
1st prize: €20.00 voucher for Easons.
Runners-up (x2): €10.00 voucher for produce at our farm shop.

All correct entries will be entered into a draw for the three prizes.

Summer competition winners:
We had a small printing problem with our autumn newsletter, where we listed
the names of a previous set of competition winners instead of those who
actually won.
The correct names should have read:
Thomas Lonergan
Ruth Joy
Brian English
Phiala and Seán Ryan
Apologies to all concerned.

Autumn competition winners:
I will try to get it right this time:
Kenneth Collins
Brian O’Doherty
Thomas Cussen
Marco Perrozzi
The prizes are on the way to you as I write.

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