Dictionary Entries
asarlaigheacht
bhí a. aicí, i. ag cailleach i sean-scéal. magic power
cearachaill
maide rounáiltí ó bhalla go balla; hens roost on it.
searrach giorráin
s. lárach, female male foal
grástúil
má tá tú láidir, bí grástúil merciful
boilig an lae
ní cóir bheith ag obair bhoilig a' lae mid-day and after (in summer)
leóbán
milt (in herring)
aimlí
cf. Máire Saoghal Corrach, 'iad a bheith aimlidhe i ndiaidh na troda' miserable, wet weather
mí-thuiscint
misunderstanding
ball dóráin
also applied to the parting of hair on each side of neck ar fhíor-chapall; this is somewhat like the deisealán on a pig's rump. mole on skin
luchóg
mouse
pleib
níl ann ach pleib much the same meaning as pléata
tálach
muscular pain in the wrist
Buile an Bhodaigh
name of a constellation: thoir dtuaidh a bhíons sé, Lá'l Muire beag a bhíon sé le feiceál (Sb); this description would seem to indicate the Pleiades. See Pádraig Ó Moghráin in Béaloideas, xiii, pp. 166, 184. MCd described it as 3 réalt agus 4 réalt, while TmB mentioned seacht réalt, and added faoi fhéil Páraic tá sí thiar, faoi Nollaic ó dheas, which would indicate rather Oríon, perh. See also Celtica, xii, 182.
staoin-leic
name of a sloping flag
clamhán
name of plant