Dictionary Entry

Go gcuirfeadh sé iontas ar dhuine na rudaí a meáití cuir i gcás anois rópa abair dhá mbeifeá ag ceannacht píosa de rópa ní de réir an tslata a cheannófá rópa aisteach go leor.

It would surprise a person the things that used to be weighed, for example now rope, say if you were buying a piece of rope, you would not buy rope by the yard, strangely enough...