See also:

• BOG (from Ir. and Gael. bogach, bog, soft)

BOG (from Ir. and Gael. bogach, bog, soft)  , a See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of soft, spongy, See also:

• WATER

water-logged ground, composed of vegetation, chiefly mosses, in various stages of decomposition . This See also:

• VEGETABLE

vegetable See also:

• MATTER

matter when partially decomposed forms the substance known as " See also:

• PEAT (possibly connected with Med. Lat. petia, pecia, piece, ultimately of Celtic origin; cf. O. Celt. pet, O. Ir. pit, Welsh peth, portion)

peat " (q.v.) . When the See also:

• ACCUMULATION (from Lat. accumulare, to heap up)

accumulation of water is rapidly increased by excessive rainfall, there is a danger of a " See also:

• BOG (from Ir. and Gael. bogach, bog, soft)

bog-slide," or " bog-burst," which may obliterate the neighbouring cultivated See also:

• LAND

land with a See also:

• DEPOSIT (Lat. depositurn, from deponere, to lay down, to put in the care of)

deposit of the contents of the bog . Destructive bog-slides have occurred in See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, such as that of the Knocknageeha Bog, Rathmore, See also:

• KERRY

Kerry, in 1896, at Castlerea, See also:

• ROSCOMMON
• ROSCOMMON, WENTWORTH DILLON, 4TH EARL OF (c. 163o-1685)

Roscommon, 1901, and at Kilmore, See also:

• GALWAY

Galway, 1909 . There is a See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• GAME

game of See also:

• CARDS, PLAYING

cards called " bog," said to be of See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian origin, played with a See also:

• PIQUET

piquet See also:

• PACK (apparently from the root pak-, paq-, seen in Lat. pangere, to fasten; cf. " compact ")
• PACK, OTTO VON (c. 1480-1537)

pack on a table with six divisions, one of which is known by the name of the game and forms the See also:

• POOL

pool . It was fashionable during the Second See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire .