Dictionary Entries

Aibreán

bog braonach agus Bealtaine béil-fhliuch /be:l´ux/, (sean-ocal) i. an ideal season for growth. April

bacóg

bacóg mhónadh ar leathláimh, brosna eidir a' dá láimh (TmB); thug sé leath na cruaiche leis g'ea(n)-bhacóg amháin. armful of turf

giorra anála

asthma; dock seed is boiled as a relief for it

sáilín ar éanachaí géadh

gearrfa muid a' sáilín gon ghé, we'll cut off the 'sáilín', for identification purposes back-toe on goslings

crios

belt (on sheaf of corn), but a soldier's belt is beilt.

drís

talamh an dris, smior a' talaimh. An Sean-dall Glic always knew good land from the bramles or briars that were growing on it (MMt). (the best of land). bramble

tuar

a' tuar aicíde, causing or generating disease (such as a rubbish dump) causing

boráiste

charlock, which in other parts of the country is called praiseach

stíoc

chuck to hens, but stíoc when calling chickens is the proper word to use

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