Dictionary Entries

píoblach

also 'hoarseness in a person wih a cold'

freangach

also called dallóg, lesser dog-fish; in English tanny fish (tonnies) and cat-fish (MR); these are viviparous .i. bruideáileann siad; the young are brógaí taidbhs' and are to be found ins a' leas (in the sea-weed).

ith

an allergic rash a thiocfadh amach i n-a scraith ort (CN); a certain man often got it on the arms and chest when he ate certain foods.

paráiste

applied also to a dispensary district to which a doctor is appointed

giorra anála

asthma; dock seed is boiled as a relief for it

tuar

a' tuar aicíde, causing or generating disease (such as a rubbish dump) causing

cuaiseáin

tá cuaiseáin ann cavities in peat before it is cut

séin

bhí séin leis, he had a chain (the vet.) for pulling calf chain

codramanta

c. le bainne, "clotty" with milk, not hygienic (ML); bróch salach, codramant' (Sb). dirty, "clotty"

géarán

eye-tooth: cláir-fhiaclaí go dté tú go dtí an géarán

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