Dictionary Entries
buacall
a creeping plant growing in sand, somewhat like scutch-grass; it is used a' ceangailt na mbaoití ins na potaí (gliomach).
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.
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.
cluaisín
a kind of shell-fish: bia ionntú, mar eistirí
dath na gcloch
cuireann sé dath buí ar an olainn (stocaí) a lichen-like scabby growth on stones used to dye wool
eireóg
a pullet
céiseóg
banbh céiseóige ar a' gcéad ál, a piglet of a sow's first litter. a young sow having first litter
magpies
according to the number seen together at a time portend: 1, mí-á; 2, á; 3, socraoid; 4, pósadh
togha
á dtogha, picking them (TmB) /a: dǝuwǝ /. act of picking (potatoes)
más
common in placenames and means a sandbar according to (Sb) áit a bhéas i n-a bharra mór,common in placenames and means a sandbar according to (Sb)
freangach
also called dallóg, lesser dog-fish; in English tanny fish (tonnies) and cat-fish (MR); these are viviparous .i. bruideáileann siad; the young are brógaí taidbhs' and are to be found ins a' leas (in the sea-weed).
ith
an allergic rash a thiocfadh amach i n-a scraith ort (CN); a certain man often got it on the arms and chest when he ate certain foods.
truipéad
an edible seaweed
draoi
d'ólfadh sé an draoi; cf. the Westmeath Engl. Idiom: he'd drink Loch Érin dry. an unlimited quantity (of drink)
láimhíneach
angel-fish: claigeann mór millteach agus cluasa móra (air); 2ft long, edible, price a' sciata (skate)