Dictionary Entries
stocaire
níor tóigeadh ar stocaireacht (é) a cadger cadging for money or drink
pláigh air
a common curse
péice g'fhear
a half-fool of a man, a 'gom'
fealladh
tá sí a' fealladh, i. cow affected by the garla trua; tá an croí a' fealladh air, his heart is failing act of failing (in health)
draoi
d'ólfadh sé an draoi; cf. the Westmeath Engl. Idiom: he'd drink Loch Érin dry. an unlimited quantity (of drink)
cúrsaí
ach cúrsaí airigead dó, bhí neart aige, but as for money, he had plenty of it. as regards
aifir
nár aifridh Dia ort é, God forgive you; ní aifreó mé ort é, I'll forgive you for it (TmB) avenge
broc
chomh fallsa le broc, as lasy as a badger. badger
gabháil
má mbeitheá a' goil go bhata ar a' ngaoith ní thóigfeá é, if you were to beat the wind with a stick (do your very utmost), you would not be able to lift it beating
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!
sinneán gaoithe
níl ann ach a' sinneán sin, his bark is worse than his bite blast of wind
caindéal
bottom of barrel (stanna)
séan
(it was in the prophecy) go séanfá do bhó héin ar do dhoras héin, that you would deny your own cow at your own door (people may do this to qualify for state assistance) deny
deabhal
in the alliterative doublet deabhal ná deamhan / diún/ devil
agus níor mhoithigh mé aon fhocal ní ba mhó air sin
and I won't hear anything more about it