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ciontaí
ní rabh ciontaí ar bith aige liom-s, he had no fault to find with me
bail
(fear) a chuirfeadh bail air héin, get married in time and set up a home for himself (MMt); go ngohadh droch-bhail orthaí, that she'd come to misfortune (a young pretty girl) at the hands of Arthur Nash (SBh)
airicis
tine chnámh in ' airicis, to receive him, to welcome him home.
fiar
fiar tugthaí dhó, it put on a slant; ar fiar, on a slant a slant
stocán láidir go ghasúr
a strong sturdy stump of a lad
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
forseamálaí
an awkward woman about a house
rálach
an ugly offensive name for a woman
bing
bing a bheith air an upward limit or ceiling to be set to the number of cattle to be taken in from each tenant for grazing on commons land
col sgartha
divorce
cnáimh do dhéid
your jaw-bone
ach ab ea gur chuir sibh cuireadh orm
but it was because you invited me
"sin í an Chaorthanach", a dúirt sé, "a bhí istigh agaibh"
you had the Chaorthanach in with ye
"sin í máthair an Diabhail" ar ndóiche
"this is the mother of the devil" of course