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Rh (13) Before the names of seasons, months, days of the week (when not preceded by the word ).
 * Is to-day Saturday?

To-day is Friday.



CHAPTER II

The Noun.

In Irish one noun governs another in the genitive case, and the governed noun comes after the governing one.
 * The horse’s head.

When the governed noun in the genitive is a proper name it is generally aspirated, whether it be masculine or feminine, although the article is not used.
 * Mary’s pen.
 * John’s book.

The last rule is by no means generally true of place names. 