Dictionary Entries
cambaí
bhí cambaí ann (MC); na cambaí daoiní (a host of fairies) ar a' tsraith sin ar chúl a' droichidín (Wm) crowd(s), host(s)
deabhal
in the alliterative doublet deabhal ná deamhan / diún/ devil
brocach
tá d'éadan bróch brocach salach dirty, filthy
deascadh
dregs, lees
grabhar
droch-mhóin (éadrom, geal), often with heather growing from the sod; it goes in dust
géarán
eye-tooth: cláir-fhiaclaí go dté tú go dtí an géarán
cnáimh do dhéid
your jaw-bone
agus d'imigh sé ina mheadhair tine
he went into a (ball?) of fire
agus thug sé aithinneacha na tine
and he brought the flames of the fire
ar chúl na tine
the back of the fire
Fadaígí tine mhaith ansin
ye set a good fire there
naoinán
baby in the cradle (up to about 1)
sna áit ina bhfuil na clocha geala
in the the place where there are the bright stones
ghearrfeadh siad na cláratha
they would cut the boards
cónra
(the) coffin