Irish English Tags Audio
seisc bearach sheisc, heifer not in calf (MMt); seisc-capall, a dry mare (Sb). dry Animals Adjectives Farming life Food and drink Life & death Log in to hear
baltaí na bó cow's baren (note the first a is short) Animals Farming life Everyday phrases Adjectives Feelings Log in to hear
conacra conacre Farming life Land Agriculture Geographical terms Objects Log in to hear
bréan-lóib black rotten bog matter under blown sand at sea-edge. The slip (céibh) should have been built on rocks, but instead it was built on the bréanlóib, consequently had no proper foundation and did not last. Adjectives Geographical terms Objects Places Farming life Log in to hear
brionglán barb (on wire) Objects Farming life Tools Materials Transport Log in to hear
bacóg bacóg mhónadh ar leathláimh, brosna eidir a' dá láimh (TmB); thug sé leath na cruaiche leis g'ea(n)-bhacóg amháin. armful of turf Activities Objects Farming life Everyday phrases Food and drink Log in to hear
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 Abstract nouns Activities Animals Farming life Relationships Log in to hear
eireóg a pullet Animals Food and drink Life & death Farming life Objects Log in to hear
toghadóir a picker (of potatoes) Activities Farming life Objects People Verbs Log in to hear
coirceóg a doubled stook of corn Abstract nouns Farming life Objects Amount Plants Log in to hear
sleámóg a dark-brown seaweed which hangs in long snake-like strips like a skirt cut with scissors; sleámógaí were formerly used for kelp, and were put out as manure for potatoes (though they gave too much tops). In Conamara they are called stiallachaí according to MMt, and cabhrlleach according to MCd. Plants Adjectives Food and drink Geographical terms Farming life Log in to hear
cnuas a crowd (at hay-making) Activities Farming life People Places Everyday phrases Log in to hear
beart A boy from Turlough near Castlebar once gave me the following description of a beart: When oats is cut and tied in sheaves it is then made into bearts to dry and season. The beart consists of 20 sheaves. Ten sheaves are first placed standing against each other five on each side. Then three sheaves are placed in openings left by the other sheaves, to strengthen it. Then four head-sheaves are tied on top of the others to keep the under sheaves dry. The beart is left in the field for a week or ten days to season. It may be left out for two or three weeks as no rain affects it. Activities Farming life Objects Food and drink Time Log in to hear
barrach a cíoradh baraigh, combing flax Activities Food and drink Farming life Objects Verbs Log in to hear
cleamáil a' cleamáil gamhnaí, sqeezing calves, i. castrating with burdizzo. Activities Animals Farming life Verbs Everyday phrases Log in to hear