Dictionary Entries

anachain

d'ordaigh Dia an anachainn a sheachaint (sean-ocal); used to warn a person to avoid a house in which people were down with 'flu.

áith

'siad na mná a dhóigh an áith, 'twas the women burned the kiln (sean-ocal).

climirt

"strippings". This same form I heard at Cor Fhéilim near Ballyvary.

cluaisín

a kind of shell-fish: bia ionntú, mar eistirí

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

bean-ghabhair

another name for the mionnán aerach or male snipe drumming in flight.

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!

cláimín

Around Balla the horns of cora bocs (i.e. mountain sheep) ar called cáimíns. cane or light stick taken to children when bold

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

ruacan

bia rí ruacan, agus bia bodach báirneach (sean-ocal). cockle

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