Dictionary Entries
cánóg
name of sea-bird, perh. shearwater
réalta Bhárr na screag
name of some star unidentified
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