Dictionary Entry

Ceann de na rudaí a bhí tú a rá faoin tomhais agus b'éigean dúinn cineál deireadh a chur leis cineál tobann ach bhí tú ag caint ar na tomhaisí ó bharr na méire go barr na sróine nach ea a bhíodh ag na mná le haghaidh tomhais a dhéanamh ar éadach agus rudaí.

One of the things you were saying about the measurements and we had to kind of end it rather suddenly but you were talking about the measurements from the tip of the finger to the tip of the nose, isn’t that right, that the women used to use for measuring cloth and things..