Dictionary Entries
bileóg
thuas ar a' mbileóig. name of top of a local hill, site of the annual bonfire . . . See D. where one meaning is 'table leaf': this would describe the hill top exactly.
dúchas
ritheann ann dúchas thruí chrúbaí an chait (sean-ocal), the cat's nature runs through its paws. nature, instinct
mór
is mór nár bháith sí a cho maith é, she nearly drowned him too nearly
gaosán
(but not quite as complimentary a name as srón). nose (but not quite as complimentary a name as srón)
codal
codal go dh'fhear .i. slíomadóir go dh'fhear, he is no good for any one octopus (?): séidfe sé suas é héin a cho mór!
bláthmhar
bláfar cuimscear, neat and tidy (of dress); well off: (tá siad) i n-a suí go bláfar. of work well done, neat and tasty, e.g. cocks of hay neatly headed off with súgáns on them
leath-
leath-rat a léim amach as an mála eórna i nDoivleán, cailleadh í. Tá a leath beannuithe (half of Doivleán). one of a pair, a single
gríobh
outside building on turf stack
dall caochán
owl
stupannaí
pailing posts (?)
lugán
part of potato left i n-éis na scoilteáin a bheith gearrthaí dhe
gearr
ghearr Cromail a' Ghaeilge, chuir sé faoi chois í; gur gearradh í, gur gearradh anuas í, till it was forbidden, outlawed (Irish) persecute
clúmhach coilm
pigeon's down, to sleep on it - ní chaillfí go deó thú
cnáimhíní
tá na cnáimhíní tití, the pins are down, she is ready for calving pin bones (in cow)
cársánach
plant with short needly leaves and roots like ?-grass; having yellow flower in July; 'would make a mattress or line a collar'