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" Níor úirt Caolchat a dhath ach ag faire faoi agus thairis.
"Caolchat said nothing but kept looking around and about."
"A", ar seisean, "caithfidh mé anois", ar seisean le Caolchat, "thú féin agus Pílí Cat a chur isteach sa tsac agus ansin buailfidh mé an sac ar mo dhroim agus iompróidh mé sibh amach agus isteach arís 'na bhaile mhóir agus nuair a bheas na brógaí ceannaithe againn.
"Ah," he said, "now I must," he said to Skinny Cat, "put you and Pílí Cat into the sack and then I will hit the sack on my back and carry you out and back into the big town and when we have bought the shoes."
" Agus níor úirt Caolchat sea ná ní hea.
"And Caolchat didn't say yes or no."
"By dad," a deir sé, "nach moch atá sibh ina suí?
"By dad," he says, "aren't you up early?
Agus bhreathnaigh sé ar Sheán agus bhreathnaigh sé ar Phílí Cat.
"And he looked at Seán and he looked at Philí Cat."
" "Tá sé chomh maith dhúinn mar sin a ghoil a chodladh go luath anocht," arsa Seán.
"It's just as well for us to go to sleep early tonight," said Seán.
" "Maith go leor", arsa Pílí Cat.
"Fair enough," said Pílí Cat.
Bhí siad ag scéalaíocht agus caint agus ag comhrá mar a bhíodh siad i gcónaí.
"They were storytelling and talking and chatting as they always used to."
Corruair eile, bhíodh Pílí Cat ina shuí taobh thall dó agus é ag faire anall ar Sheán agus ag freagairt na gceisteanna a bhíodh Seán ag cur air.
At other times, Pílí Cat would be sitting opposite him, watching Seán and answering the questions Seán would ask him.
'Bhfuil aon cuimhne agatsa ar shean-scéalta sa cheantar seo nó shean-bhéaloideas?
Do you remember any old stories from this area or folklore?
sin thart ar em
that's around...
.. anois ach a chaith mise sé bliana thíos ansin agus
...no but I spent 6 years down there and...
le haghaidh a chuild shaibhreas
in terms of his wealth
agus dúirt sé go raibh ?
and he said there was a ?
dúirt fear acu go dtiontófadh sé ar ais, le haghaidh an t-airgead
one of them said he would turn back, on account of the money