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áith 'siad na mná a dhóigh an áith, 'twas the women burned the kiln (sean-ocal). Activities Folklore People Verbs Everyday phrases Log in to hear
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. Abstract nouns Health Everyday phrases Folklore Verbs Log in to hear
béal tá tú cailltí púnáiltí i mbéal síogáin lá gimhridh (SBh), said of a person who has not the comfort of a hayshed, and has to stand in the face of a rick getting out fodder on a wet windy winter's day. Feelings Everyday phrases Weather Folklore Activities Log in to hear
Breathnach Riocard a' Bhreathnaigh, Riocard a' Tower, was a well known seanachai People Folklore Activities Adjectives Conversation Log in to hear
cléat a' tolladh cléat curaigh Activities Food and drink Verbs Folklore The seashore Log in to hear
díth dóich na préacháin a' déanamh dí dóich air ann, the crows doing destruction to his crops there (Sb); a' déanamh dí dóich ar do chómhars, wronging your neighbour, rash judging him (MMT); a' déanamh dí dóich air, éagóir (TmB); dí dóich, rud mí-chéart (AL). Cf. Béaloideas, xiii, 224: bhí siad a' dianamh dí-dóich thart i nÉirinn (.i. arm Shasanaí) in a story from Ballycroy, and glossed 'outrage, harm', by the sgéaluí. Activities Feelings Arguments Folklore Food and drink Log in to hear
dóghín an dóghín, the little miserable two (of diamonds), dó + ín. Abstract nouns Adjectives Animals Folklore Numbers Log in to hear
éisteallach duine éisteallach, fastidious person (Sb); in particular a horse that won't drink from a smelly bucket is said to be éisteallach, or a cow (MMt), (AL). Adjectives Animals Feelings Folklore Proverbs Log in to hear
fobhthaí fofaí ag a chéilí, an t-olc istigh acú dá chéilí (TmB); cho fofaí le madadh, ready for fight. Everyday phrases Folklore Animals Feelings Idioms Log in to hear
geas an raithneach faoi gheasaí - ní fhacthas aon phór ariamh air. Na feagha, a' raithneach, agus a' chloch gheal - chuir Naomh Páraic mallacht orthú (SBh). Ná bain le geis is ní bhainfidh geis leat (sean-ocal) (TMt), do not violate superstitious custom and superstition will not interfere with you. Folklore Feelings Superstition Everyday phrases Proverbs Log in to hear
giortaigh giortaigh an bóthar, shorten the road; this is what the Gobán Saor's daughter-in-law told his son to do Idioms Folklore Activities Everyday phrases People Log in to hear
hata Acla agus naprún Chliara ná déan hata Acla dó .i. den chasúr, don't treat it like hata Acla, that is to say make common property of it (MMt). There was only one hat in Achill and only one apron in Clare Island, and everybody wore it in turn according as he or she needed it. The same was said of brógaí Iorruis, there was only one pair which was used by everybody or so the saying goes. Activities Idioms Everyday phrases Folklore Relationships Log in to hear
péic an phéic, fox's brush is recorded by C. Bairéad from the Achréidh in Béaloideas, xxvii, 125. Cf. i bpéic an mhadra alla in Dic Buiréad's Tarraingt na Mónadh, IE, t. 532. Animals Folklore Geographical terms People Food and drink Log in to hear
piarsaí ó d'anam go na piarsaín nach b'éard tá ann míol mór, your soul to the dickens isn't it a whal (POR). Ní droch-fhocal é (AL). Abstract nouns Feelings Expressions Idioms Folklore Log in to hear
reimhe is raimhe fuil 'ná uisce Food and drink Everyday phrases Folklore Feelings Idioms Log in to hear