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Ar an taobh eile den scéal nuair a bhíodh an suipéar ite tráthnóna bhuaileadh Caolchat an bóthar amach ar an bpoll a bhí ar an doras iataí agus bhíodh amuigh ar feadh na hoích' agus sin an uair a laindeáleadh sé ar maidin nuair a bhíodh Seán ag éirí.
"On the other side of the story, when supper was eaten in the evening, Skinny Cat would hit the road out through the hole in the closed door and would be out all night, and that's when he would return in the morning when John was getting up."
D'éirigh mise ar maidin
I woke up in the morning
ach d'éirigh sé deireadh oíche
but he got up at first light
ní raibh aon am an uair sin le fáil, uaireadóir ar bith, ar ndóiche,
the time wasn't available, there were no watches, like
dhá bhliain déag ó shin
twelve years ago
bhíodh sé ar súil an t-am sin
it used to be happening at the time
.. anois ach a chaith mise sé bliana thíos ansin agus
...no but I spent 6 years down there and...
nuair a bhí na rubálaidhe, imigh tamaill ón teach
when the robbers were gone a while from the house
Ghabh sé anonn
he went over..
agus bhí sé ag éirí mall san oíche
and it was getting late in the night
bhí sé ag siúl
he was walking
An am amháin
Once upon a time
ag an uair mhaith
at the right time
in amanna eile
at other times / otherwise