Dictionary Entries
ruacan
bia rí ruacan, agus bia bodach báirneach (sean-ocal). cockle
coirín
coirín a bhíof acú a' fiuchadh an uisc' before they had kettles and pots
codramanta
c. le bainne, "clotty" with milk, not hygienic (ML); bróch salach, codramant' (Sb). dirty, "clotty"
capóg
dock leaf
deascadh
dregs, lees
seisc
bearach sheisc, heifer not in calf (MMt); seisc-capall, a dry mare (Sb). dry
tur
dry, without condiment
géarán
eye-tooth: cláir-fhiaclaí go dté tú go dtí an géarán
gíoscán
5 million people to feed in London - is mór a' gíoscán é, they eat a lot, there is a lot of chewing on what they need in food F
comhthrom
what weight is this fish? tá meáchan cothrom ann, it is a fair weight; trí unsa (tobac) sa tseachtain, sin cathamh cothrom, that's fair smoking; cé' chaoi bhfuil na fataí agaibh? níl siad ach cothrom; sgoith fhataí cothroma, mixed middling potatoes, níl siad ionmholta ná ioncháinte annsin fair, middling
an t-uisce ina fhuil
the water into blood
Fata
Potato
blaiseadh beag
little taste
Prátaí/Préataí/Fataí
Potatoes
Tá an pota a dul thar maol
The pot is boiling over