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tuit fan go dtite siad, wait till they settle down (before you go head them) - said of freshly made cocks of hay. settle focailfholaithe Log in to hear
baint tá mé baintí as mo mheabhair set crazy, driven daft focailfholaithe Log in to hear
saighdiúaí seed-heads and stems of narrow-leaved plantain (slánlus) focailfholaithe Log in to hear
seánadh see taisbeánadh infra. focailfholaithe Log in to hear
ceannruán See Éigse vi, 37, for description. This I take to be the common goby; cf. Larousse: gobidés . . . osseux, de petite taille, avec une grosse téte, des yeux plus ou moins saillants, des nageoires pelviennes. Young lads in Tóin na hOltaí collect them in buckets to feed cats: íosaidh na cait iad. focailfholaithe Log in to hear
lútaí rón seal's flippers focailfholaithe Log in to hear
faoile all the fore-going names are current in Erris, but are differentiated thus: an fhaoile mhór, great black-back, also in the proverb iasacht a' roilligh gon fhaoile; faoileann in the bird-name seabhac cac faoileann, and in n.l. Carraic na bhFaoileann in Faulmore, off Inishkea North; faoilleán is the usual name for 'sea-gull' in general, in lieu of which faoilhóg is the general word in Dú Chaocháin. seagull focailfholaithe Log in to hear
ceann ar slóg sea-pink; PsC cast doubt on this meaning focailfholaithe Log in to hear
doigh buar scour focailfholaithe Log in to hear
taéradh chuir sé taéradh oram, he saluted me, spoke to me in passing (Wm); chuir sé taéradh cainte air (TmB). salutation focailfholaithe Log in to hear
figh cho díreach le figh, as straight as a rush (BS); trí feagha/feá/ní thúrfainn air, I wouldn't give three straws for it, it is worthless; (tá) bárr na bhfeágh dóití, the top of the rushes is burned because they are cursed, like a' raithneach agus a' chloch gheal (AL). rush focailfholaithe Log in to hear
carraighe rough scabby skin on legs of hens focailfholaithe Log in to hear
buarach rope tied round cow's neck in byre focailfholaithe Log in to hear
iuchair roe, in female herring (hard and brown) as opposed to an leóbán, milt, in male (bog bán) focailfholaithe Log in to hear
turlainn also applied to the loose stoes half-way up Croagh Patrick (ML); clocha turlainne, beach stones (PAG). rocky foreshore, stone beach focailfholaithe Log in to hear