Dictionary Entries
pláigh air
a common curse
aisling
a dream
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
grágaíl
also of an ass 'braying'.
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!
cnádán
burdock;
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
cábhóg
chough
ruacan
bia rí ruacan, agus bia bodach báirneach (sean-ocal). cockle
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)
deabhal
in the alliterative doublet deabhal ná deamhan / diún/ devil
aidhbheirseoir
devil