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"Gabhfaidh mise i dtoiseach" a dúirt a' tarbh
"I will go first", said the bull
agus dúirt sé go raibh, dhá rubálaidhe sa teach, ag comhairleadh
and he said was two robbers in the house, conversing.
ina bhfaighfí ar rud... ina bhfaighfí ar duine ar bith, mé
so I'll find out if there's someone there
"Gabhfaidh mé anonn", a' dúirt a' chat
"I'll go over there", said the cat
"Tá solas", a dúirt sé, "insan teach sin, thall"
there's a light on, he said, in the house over there
agus dúirt an gandal go mbeadh sé leis
and the gandel said he would belong to them
agus dúirt an gabhar
and the goat said
labhair an gabhar leofa
the goat spoke to them
agus casadh leofa
and they met
"maith mar a tharla" ar seisean
"good that it happened" says he
agus labhair an tarbh leis
and the bull spoke to him
An am amháin
Once upon a time
sin é an chaoí 'a bhfuil sé
that's the way it is / goes
tuata
tuata a rinní é .i. fear gan cheird
trioll
in idiom thit a' trioll ar a' treall agam, I was completely non-plussed