Dictionary Entries
portán iarainn
a huge crab, spread all round
cluaisín
a kind of shell-fish: bia ionntú, mar eistirí
fíor-chapall
a mare that would have eleven foals. This does not seem right; likely the word means a 'bred horse'.
tonnc
a nudge, butt (from bull)
sionnachóir lae
a pet day, i.e. one fine day during a spell of wet weather
eireóg
a pullet
caróg
a small species of seagull, most likely the black-headed gull. There were big numbers of carógs on the island of Moyinnish (?) in Clew Bay where limestone was got to build Inishkea school
céiseóg
banbh céiseóige ar a' gcéad ál, a piglet of a sow's first litter. a young sow having first litter
goiriúint
the cock is said to be a' goiriúint san oíche, but a' glaoch in the daytime (PsC); nuair a ghoirfeadh an coileach, when the cock would crow, early in the morning (MC). act of crowing
freangach
also called dallóg, lesser dog-fish; in English tanny fish (tonnies) and cat-fish (MR); these are viviparous .i. bruideáileann siad; the young are brógaí taidbhs' and are to be found ins a' leas (in the sea-weed).
grágaíl
also of an ass 'braying'.
bing
bing a bheith air an upward limit or ceiling to be set to the number of cattle to be taken in from each tenant for grazing on commons land
láimhíneach
angel-fish: claigeann mór millteach agus cluasa móra (air); 2ft long, edible, price a' sciata (skate)
bean-ghabhair
another name for the mionnán aerach or male snipe drumming in flight.
cuais
at seashore, hole wherein crab is found