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báchrán bog bane Colors Geographical terms Plants Log in to hear
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. Adjectives Geographical terms Objects Places Farming life Log in to hear
cuais at seashore, hole wherein crab is found Geographical terms Seashore wildlife Objects Activities Animals Log in to hear
bean-ghabhair another name for the mionnán aerach or male snipe drumming in flight. Animals Activities Folklore Geographical terms Life & death Log in to hear
cabhsae an old stony bare place Adjectives Places Countryside Physical descriptions Geographical terms Log in to hear
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) Geographical terms Everyday phrases Places names Food and drink Activities Log in to hear
caróg a small species of seagull, most likely the black-headed gull. There were big numbers of carógs on the island of Moyinnish (?) in Clew Bay where limestone was got to build Inishkea school Animals Geographical terms Buildings Numbers Places Log in to hear
giorla a land measure, about a rood Measurement Land Objects Geographical terms Adjectives Log in to hear
cluaisín a kind of shell-fish: bia ionntú, mar eistirí Food and drink Animals Everyday phrases Folklore Geographical terms Log in to hear
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. Calendar & Seasons Food and drink Plants Everyday phrases Geographical terms Log in to hear
cáithleán a kind of sea-grass: a' fás ar a' milliúir Plants Seashore wildlife Life & death Everyday phrases Geographical terms Log in to hear
portán iarainn a huge crab, spread all round Animals Adjectives Objects Activities Geographical terms Log in to hear
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. Plants Adjectives Food and drink Geographical terms Farming life Log in to hear
climirt "strippings". This same form I heard at Cor Fhéilim near Ballyvary. Objects Geographical terms Conversation Activities Folklore Log in to hear
cluanach a' chluanach dhearg, knot-grass, red-legs, polygonum persicaria; a' chluanach bhán, pale-flowered knot-grass, polygonum lapathifolium: spot geal air. D. gives glúineach dhearg, persicaria, which seems to be taken from N. Colgan 'Gaelic Plant and Animal Names', in Section 1 of Clare Island Survey. Plants Animals Geographical terms Food and drink Everyday phrases Log in to hear