Dictionary Entries

chugad

chugad a' luaith! said by a woman when putting out ashes; chugad a' púc', beware of the pooka! common in the phr. níor úirt siad chugad a' púc' liom (I met them on the road) and they said not a word, spoke not a word to me beware! look out!

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snaidhm buaic

binding of face of corpse

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bréan-lóib

black rotten bog matter under blown sand at sea-edge. The slip (céibh) should have been built on rocks, but instead it was built on the bréanlóib, consequently had no proper foundation and did not last.

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sinneán gaoithe

níl ann ach a' sinneán sin, his bark is worse than his bite blast of wind

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blocán a'bhuaidh

block of cork on a buoy

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báchrán

bog bane

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roilleóg

bog myrtle

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crosta

bó chrost', a "wicked" cow. bold, ill-mannered (of children)

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caindéal

bottom of barrel (stanna)

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docsa

bhuail sé le docsa mé, he struck me a box on the ear box

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drís

talamh an dris, smior a' talaimh. An Sean-dall Glic always knew good land from the bramles or briars that were growing on it (MMt). (the best of land). bramble

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bríce

chomh díreach leis a' mbríce brick

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cruach Pháraic

broad-leaved plantain

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boc

'séard a bhí ann boc (AC); boc achrannach ar a mhisc, a contrary buck when drunk (HE). buck, lad (not complimentary)

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