Dictionary Entries
uair
ar uair an dó dhéag, at twelve o' clock.
riabhach
lothantaí na riabhaí, last two days of March and first day of April
réalta
ar an oíche ba dorcha thainic as réaltaí an aeir riamh
luas
ar a' dá luas, immediately
líne
na líntí is na líntí, generations and generations
ionad
in phr. i n-ionad, at the end of: bhí sé feadh bliana ag muintir na bruíne, agus annsin bhí a bhean le goil a' pósadh i n-ionad (n)a bliana, at the end of the year, when the year was up
dearc
an, n. L. Ua(igh) na Deirc (thíos faoi tower Acl) is the mid-day mark for the people of Faulmore, i. when the sun is directly over it
conascar
leis a gconascar, at nightfall
antráthach
uair antráthach, a very late hour, well after midnight
annadh
tá annadh air .i. uair mhaith; annadh na Samhna, fine weather to the end of October, Indian summer
am
i n-amanna, eidir amaí, occasionally, sometimes.
ala
ar ala na huaire, immediately, without delay
beart
A boy from Turlough near Castlebar once gave me the following description of a beart: When oats is cut and tied in sheaves it is then made into bearts to dry and season. The beart consists of 20 sheaves. Ten sheaves are first placed standing against each other five on each side. Then three sheaves are placed in openings left by the other sheaves, to strengthen it. Then four head-sheaves are tied on top of the others to keep the under sheaves dry. The beart is left in the field for a week or ten days to season. It may be left out for two or three weeks as no rain affects it.
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
treall
treall cainte, treall gréine a while of