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docsa
bhuail sé le docsa mé, he struck me a box on the ear box
bríce
chomh díreach leis a' mbríce brick
boc
'séard a bhí ann boc (AC); boc achrannach ar a mhisc, a contrary buck when drunk (HE). buck, lad (not complimentary)
pin! pin!
call for turkeys (to food, etc.)
bin! bin! bin!
call for turkeys (to food)
bóbha
call to an ass to stop, halt
hurrais
call to pigs to food;
tseof! tseof!
call word used for sheep
cláimín
Around Balla the horns of cora bocs (i.e. mountain sheep) ar called cáimíns. cane or light stick taken to children when bold
caipín a't-sonais
an té a mbíonn a' caipín seo ar a cheann nuair a thigeann sé ar a' tsaol, ní féidir a bháthadh (Sb); ní bheith sé gearr i n-airigead (MMt). caul
cuaiseáin
tá cuaiseáin ann cavities in peat before it is cut
aighneasúil
na hAlbanaigh - na seandaoine is measa; an dream óg - tá siad níos aighneasúl' , more affable, more communicative, more sociable chatty, talkative
créatúireacht
a déanamh c. mhór oram cheating
pluc
nár mhór an ní . . . gan aon oideas gan aon léigheann i n-a pluic, wasn't it great for her who hadn't any education and hadn't a word of learning in her head cheek
stíoc
chuck to hens, but stíoc when calling chickens is the proper word to use