Dictionary Entry

Meachain a thuig meachain a bhíodh siad sin a bhí scríofa orthu sin go díreach an mheachain a bhí siad sin ag tíocht go díreach mheachain a tháinig ar rópa dhá dté thusa ag iarraidh píosa de rópa isteach i siopa anois ní dhéarfá dhá punta de rópa.

Weights, you understood weights, those were the ones that were written on them, that was exactly the weight they were, coming exactly, the weight that came on a rope. If you went looking for a piece of rope in a shop now, you wouldn’t say two pounds of rope...