Dictionary Entry

Agus bhíomair lá eile ag dul isteach agus cur na Nollag linn agus shíl muid le linn Dé agus linn na Maighdine glórúil nach bhfeicfeadh sin aon ann go deo ar thalamh théid síos go dtí an sleá ach thug an t-athair siar í agus an Mhaighdean Ghlórúil abhaile slán muid as agus sábháil Dia iad agus bhíodh siad ina stócaigh mhaith ag obair agus ag saothrú dhóibh féin na créatúir agus ní raibh siad ag déanamh rud ar bith sa mbealach ar dhuine ar bith.

And we were another day going in and the Christmas weather with us and we thought, with God and with the Glorious Virgin, that we would never see anything like that ever again on earth, going down to the pit, but the father brought her back and the Glorious Virgin brought us home safe and God save them, and they were good lads working and earning for themselves, the creatures, and they were not doing anything in anyone’s way.