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B'fhéidir an chéad mhí eile, b'fhéidir go bhfaighidh mé scata cearca, le cúnamh Dé.
Maybe next month, maybe I'll get a batch of chickens, God willing.
Blianta ó shin, ar ndóigh.
Years ago, of course.
Ar maidin, leis an bhfáinneachan bhí Seán ina shuí agus anuas le Pílí Cat ón lot', agus rinne Seán graithí na maidine.
"In the morning, with the first light, Seán was up and down with Pílí Cat from the shed, and Seán did the morning chores."
"Ara", a deir Seán, "tá sé ag brú suas le aimsir na Nollag anois, amárach an Satharna Mór agus caithfidh muid a ghoil 'un an bhaile mhóir agus brógaí a fháil dhúinn féin.
"Ara," says Seán, "it's getting close to Christmas now, tomorrow is the Big Saturday and we have to go to the big town and get shoes for ourselves.
dhá bhliain déag ó shin
twelve years ago
bhí mé ann, ar laethanta saoire
I was there on holidays
(a bhí ann) len ár linn fhéin
in our times
ar feadh trí lá
for three days
Aimsir Naomh Pádraic,
It was the time of St. Patrick
Aimsir
Period of time/Weather