Dictionary Entries
searrach giorráin
s. lárach, female male foal
grástúil
má tá tú láidir, bí grástúil merciful
boilig an lae
ní cóir bheith ag obair bhoilig a' lae mid-day and after (in summer)
leóbán
milt (in herring)
aimlí
cf. Máire Saoghal Corrach, 'iad a bheith aimlidhe i ndiaidh na troda' miserable, wet weather
mí-thuiscint
misunderstanding
ball dóráin
also applied to the parting of hair on each side of neck ar fhíor-chapall; this is somewhat like the deisealán on a pig's rump. mole on skin
luchóg
mouse
pleib
níl ann ach pleib much the same meaning as pléata
tálach
muscular pain in the wrist
Buile an Bhodaigh
name of a constellation: thoir dtuaidh a bhíons sé, Lá'l Muire beag a bhíon sé le feiceál (Sb); this description would seem to indicate the Pleiades. See Pádraig Ó Moghráin in Béaloideas, xiii, pp. 166, 184. MCd described it as 3 réalt agus 4 réalt, while TmB mentioned seacht réalt, and added faoi fhéil Páraic tá sí thiar, faoi Nollaic ó dheas, which would indicate rather Oríon, perh. See also Celtica, xii, 182.
staoin-leic
name of a sloping flag
clamhán
name of plant
cánóg
name of sea-bird, perh. shearwater
réalta Bhárr na screag
name of some star unidentified