Dictionary Entries
air
bhí sé air aige he had got to do it (?)
scrúd sé léithe
he took pity on her, had compassion for her
gríscín
heart and lungs go chirc
ceó bruithinn
heat haze in fine weather
colpach
bainne 'un a' laoigh agus féar 'un na colpaí´ (sean-ocal) heifer
an mhuing mheara
hemlock (Sb); this is exactly the same form as that used by Seaghán Mac Meanman in Ó Chamhaoir go Clap-sholus, p. 211; it seems to be due to popular etymology.
seithe
brógaí seitheadh, shoes made of raw hide hide
púirín
hole under door for cat (MMt); hole left in the side of a peilic chochain for the hen to enter. The peilic cochain was a special nest made of straw for hens to lay in.
dabhaidh
lucht dabhch holy well (St. Deirbhile's in Faulmore; lucht dabhch, people who come to make visits or do stations at the holy well, usually to seek cure of some eye ailment. In the old church in Faulmore there is a stone which holds some water: nigh do shúilí ann agus abair an phaidir seo: 'uisce cloch gan iarraidh, ní gad iarraidh thainic mé, ach thárlaigh gur casadh an bealach mé, is gad iarraidh atá mé anois'.
luachair gan tóin
horsetail (equisetum)
bráca
hovels, bad houses
anabaí
fear anabaí, fear mór reamhar (CN); fear mór millteach. huge, stout
gróigim
I foot (turf),
canúint
a cur canúint ar a gcaint, putting on an 'accent' I have heard canúin applied to the 'monotone' intonation that was peculiar to the North Island of Inishkea.
tutáil
impatience, fussiness (of guide on the Reek) (ML). Add to Éigse xi, 245.