"What does it say?" I asked Andrea who was squinting at the pages and moving her lips silently as she tried to decipher the text. The twins had laid the book carefully on the bed. we circled it being careful not to disturb it. "We have had it for a couple of years now, but we can only read a few of the words." Siobhan said. "Mostly we just look at the pictures and try to figure it out from there." Saoirse added. "It appears to be classical Gaelic, which would make sense, because it is also know as early modern Irish and that was the language that was used in Ireland from roughly 1200–1700 AD. " Andrea looked at the twins. "You said your family was from Ireland but escaped to England. That would make this language definitely common classical Gaelic." Andrea explained as she careful

