Dictionary Entries

crios

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

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.

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

gearlachán

collar-bone

criogaire

cricket (BS); she has the same pronunciation for 'cigire'.

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