Dictionary Entries

miodaracht

sílim go bhfuil miodaracht agam gur mhoithi' mé é, I think I have some recollection of having heard it (TmB); bhfuil aon mhiodaracht agad orthaí? do you remember what she looked like? can you describe her (a heifer)? (PsC) recollection

flainín dearag

red flannel (wrapped round the naomhóg (in Inishkea)

réidh an achair

bhain sé na brógaí dhe mar bhí siad ghá ghortú, b'in réidh an achair: fuair sé ré' an achair ón bpian .i. faoiseamh. relief

fáir

fáir ná freagradh ní bhfuair sé, he got no answer (from the ghost) reply

róisín

resin

taisbeánadh

revelation, sign.

glasán

níos gile ná an mangach; níl siad cho mór leis a' mangach (Wm); black pollock (JT); in Dú Chaocháin they are called glassen in English ribbles

cruthú

tá árd-chruthú ann, there is great feeding in it; beidh a' cruthú sa bhfairsingeacht, there is always good return, good grazing, from a wide extensive scope of land rich feeding quality (in land)

bárr-phéist

ringworm

turlainn

also applied to the loose stoes half-way up Croagh Patrick (ML); clocha turlainne, beach stones (PAG). rocky foreshore, stone beach

iuchair

roe, in female herring (hard and brown) as opposed to an leóbán, milt, in male (bog bán)

buarach

rope tied round cow's neck in byre

carraighe

rough scabby skin on legs of hens

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

taéradh

chuir sé taéradh oram, he saluted me, spoke to me in passing (Wm); chuir sé taéradh cainte air (TmB). salutation

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