Dictionary Entries
deannóid
tá deannóidín beag fuar ann a cool sting in the air (especially in the evening with north wind)
buacall
a creeping plant growing in sand, somewhat like scutch-grass; it is used a' ceangailt na mbaoití ins na potaí (gliomach).
cnuas
a crowd (at hay-making)
drúchtín
in gearradh drúchtín a cut between the toes from grass (féar eidir na méaraí)
sleámóg
a dark-brown seaweed which hangs in long snake-like strips like a skirt cut with scissors; sleámógaí were formerly used for kelp, and were put out as manure for potatoes (though they gave too much tops). In Conamara they are called stiallachaí according to MMt, and cabhrlleach according to MCd.
coirceóg
a doubled stook of corn
aisling
a dream
saighean
ba mhór a' saighean é a great sight, a great show entirely
péice g'fhear
a half-fool of a man, a 'gom'
cnapan
a heap
falc
falcannaí fómhair, autumn showers a heavy shower
sál-bhrú ar bhó
a heel-bruise on a cow
portán iarainn
a huge crab, spread all round
cáithleán
a kind of sea-grass: a' fás ar a' milliúir
bruicheallán
Mí na mbruicheallán a tugtaí ar July; bhíodh deireadh na bhfataí cait a kind of sea-weed: mar sleámógaí iad; bonn mór orthú, mar charraigín; ar nós fataí.