Irish English Tags Audio
deabhal in the alliterative doublet deabhal ná deamhan / diún/ devil Folklore Language Idioms Objects Adjectives Log in to hear
cambaí bhí cambaí ann (MC); na cambaí daoiní (a host of fairies) ar a' tsraith sin ar chúl a' droichidín (Wm) crowd(s), host(s) Folklore Animals Feelings Everyday phrases Objects Log in to hear
ruacan bia rí ruacan, agus bia bodach báirneach (sean-ocal). cockle Food and drink Folklore Animals Everyday phrases Adjectives Log in to hear
cábhóg chough Animals Geographical terms Folklore Log in to hear
cáilidheacht (chuile shórt) a' rith le na cháilidheacht héin, everything in nature follows its own instinct (Sb); rinne mé é do réir mo cháilidheacht, mar facthas dom go mba chóir a dhéanamh; 'tá cáilidheacht trom ort' adéarfaí le duine a bheith a' tuitim i n-a cholladh lá fliuch (TmB). character, nature Abstract nouns Feelings Folklore Nature Adjectives Log in to hear
cláimín Around Balla the horns of cora bocs (i.e. mountain sheep) ar called cáimíns. cane or light stick taken to children when bold Animals Everyday phrases Geographical terms Objects Folklore Log in to hear
cnádán burdock; Plants Food and drink Countryside Animals Folklore Log in to hear
chugad chugad a' luaith! said by a woman when putting out ashes; chugad a' púc', beware of the pooka! common in the phr. níor úirt siad chugad a' púc' liom (I met them on the road) and they said not a word, spoke not a word to me beware! look out! Everyday phrases Feelings Conversation Idioms Folklore Log in to hear
bean-ghabhair another name for the mionnán aerach or male snipe drumming in flight. Animals Activities Folklore Geographical terms Life & death Log in to hear
grágaíl also of an ass 'braying'. Animals Noise and sounds Verbs Folklore Everyday phrases Log in to hear
scaobán scaobán a bhaint as an uaigh De Dónaigh, to dig one spit off the grave on Sunday, for grave digging on Monday is taboo. a spit, shovelful, spadeful Activities Folklore Time People Disaster Log in to hear
cluaisín a kind of shell-fish: bia ionntú, mar eistirí Food and drink Animals Everyday phrases Folklore Geographical terms Log in to hear
aisling a dream Abstract nouns Feelings Life & death Folklore Activities Log in to hear
pláigh air a common curse Abstract nouns Adjectives Feelings Folklore Idioms Log in to hear
climirt "strippings". This same form I heard at Cor Fhéilim near Ballyvary. Objects Geographical terms Conversation Activities Folklore Log in to hear