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pláigh air
a common curse
bocht
a common meaning is miserly, mean
deannóid
tá deannóidín beag fuar ann a cool sting in the air (especially in the evening with north wind)
aisling
a dream
saighean
ba mhór a' saighean é a great sight, a great show entirely
péice g'fhear
a half-fool of a man, a 'gom'
aithinne dearg
Ní i gcoinní aithinne a thainic tusa, said to a casual visitor who is inclined to stay too long, as a hint that it is time to be going. a live coal, as distinguished from sméarthóidí, cinders
fíor-chapall
a mare that would have eleven foals. This does not seem right; likely the word means a 'bred horse'.
tonnc
a nudge, butt (from bull)
sionnachóir lae
a pet day, i.e. one fine day during a spell of wet weather
ceirthín
a plaster: plástar a chuirfeá le cois tinn.
iarraidh
a turn in sickness
treall
treall cainte, treall gréine a while of
céiseóg
banbh céiseóige ar a' gcéad ál, a piglet of a sow's first litter. a young sow having first litter
goiriúint
the cock is said to be a' goiriúint san oíche, but a' glaoch in the daytime (PsC); nuair a ghoirfeadh an coileach, when the cock would crow, early in the morning (MC). act of crowing