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bóbha
call to an ass to stop, halt
hurrais
call to pigs to food;
tseof! tseof!
call word used for sheep
lot
cancer (inward)
cláimín
Around Balla the horns of cora bocs (i.e. mountain sheep) ar called cáimíns. cane or light stick taken to children when bold
caipín a't-sonais
an té a mbíonn a' caipín seo ar a cheann nuair a thigeann sé ar a' tsaol, ní féidir a bháthadh (Sb); ní bheith sé gearr i n-airigead (MMt). caul
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
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
seársadh
thug sé oram seársadh, he made a charge at me (dog) charge
boráiste
charlock, which in other parts of the country is called praiseach
aighneasúil
na hAlbanaigh - na seandaoine is measa; an dream óg - tá siad níos aighneasúl' , more affable, more communicative, more sociable chatty, talkative
créatúireacht
a déanamh c. mhór oram cheating
pluc
nár mhór an ní . . . gan aon oideas gan aon léigheann i n-a pluic, wasn't it great for her who hadn't any education and hadn't a word of learning in her head cheek