Dictionary Entries
crios
belt (on sheaf of corn), but a soldier's belt is beilt.
snaidhm buaic
binding of face of corpse
bréan-lóib
black rotten bog matter under blown sand at sea-edge. The slip (céibh) should have been built on rocks, but instead it was built on the bréanlóib, consequently had no proper foundation and did not last.
blocán a'bhuaidh
block of cork on a buoy
caindéal
bottom of barrel (stanna)
bríce
chomh díreach leis a' mbríce brick
cruach Pháraic
broad-leaved plantain
pluc coise
calf of leg
tseof! tseof!
call word used for sheep
cláimín
Around Balla the horns of cora bocs (i.e. mountain sheep) ar called cáimíns. cane or light stick taken to children when bold
séin
bhí séin leis, he had a chain (the vet.) for pulling calf chain
alt
thuit sé le alt, fell over the cliff into the sea. cliff
conacra
conacre
criogaire
cricket (BS); she has the same pronunciation for 'cigire'.