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Go háithrid muintir, 'bhfuil fhios 'ad, muintir a bíonns ag plé le feliméaracht nó le caoirigh nó le gabhair go háithrid,
Especially people, you know, people who deal with farming or with sheep or with goats especially,
Caithfidh mé tosú lá éicint anois leis na. . . le fataí a chur.
I have to start someday now with. . . planting potatoes.
Céard eile. . . Cén cineál feliméaracht is mó a dhéananns tú?
What else. . . What kind of farming do you mostly do?
Céard eile a bhíonns tú a dhéanamh ó thaobh feirméarachta dhe?
What else do you do in terms of farming?
Agus is gearr go bhfaighidh mé cearca úra, tá súil agam.
And I hope to get new chickens soon.
Ach i gcónaí bhínn ag plé leis na cearca agus na héanlaithe.
But I was always dealing with the chickens and the birds.
Bhíodh cearca agam, agus rudaí beaga mar sin, agus coiníní, ach níl aon ainmhí mór agam.
I used to have chickens, and small things like that, and rabbits, but I don't have any big animals.
Agus an bhfuil beithígh agat ansin, an bhfuil, agus rudaí?
And do you have cattle there, do you, and things?
Tá níos mó luifearnach ná rud ar bith eile ar an bhfeirm faoi láthair.
There's more weeds than anything else on the farm at the moment.
Cá fhad ó tharraing tú luifearnach, a Mháirtín?
How long has it been since you pulled weeds, Mháirtín?
Go dtí chúig nóiméad ó shin bhí mé ag tarraingt luifearnach.
Until five minutes ago I was pulling weeds.
Tá mé ar an bhfeirm faoi lathair.
I am on the farm right now!
Bhoil, faoi lathair tá mé ag feliméaracht ann.
Well, currently I am farming there.
Scaoil Seán an bhó agus an t-asal, d'oscail sé an doras thiar agus lig sé amach iad suas an garraí agus lig sé amach na cearcaí agus thug sé isteach na huibheachaí as teach na gcearc agus dhún sé an doras iataí aríst agus chuir a lámh suas ar an lot' os cionn an dorais thiar agus tharraing sé anuas mála saic.
"Seán released the cow and the donkey, he opened the back door and let them out into the field, and he let out the hens and brought in the eggs from the henhouse and closed the back door tightly again and put his hand up to the loft above the back door and pulled down a sack bag."
le haghaidh a fódaí a thabhairt aníos
for to bring up the sods (of turf) from below