Dictionary Entries

ceathramha caorach

lamb's quarter, common orache (D); slat a' fás ins na fataí, ar thalamh gainí; á bruith ar fheóil, it is boiled with meat (CN); called 'fat hen' in England (PsC).

deireannach

an ceann deireannach gon tSathairne, late Saturday evening lately, of late

rachtáil

a' rachtaíl gáirí laughing loudly in outburst

bliain chorr

chaon cheathrú bliain a bhíons bliain chorr ann. leap-year

boglus

leaves of ragwort

sraith

sra' ghainí, light loamy soil with sand through it (TmB); ar a' tSra' riabhach, n.loc., on the top of Cnoc a' tearmainn, ó thuaidh ón 'look-out' (an áit ar mharaigh fear go Chathánach an rón) (PsC). level ground

céim

bhí céim ann, bhí sé bacach; céim bhacaíl', a lame step limp

brochán

limpets boiled with flour

cuan

cuan pisíní litter (of pups or kittens)

dubh i dtalamh

long dead and buried

siod é

look at it over there

aiteall

lull in the rain

fuarcán

lump on animal (esp. on shin)

asarlaigheacht

bhí a. aicí, i. ag cailleach i sean-scéal. magic power

cearachaill

maide rounáiltí ó bhalla go balla; hens roost on it.

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