Dictionary Entries
Fuaigh siad... Shuigh siad thart.
They went.... They sat around.
"Coinneoidh sé foscadh orm".
"It will keep me sheltered."
Nuair a bhíodh a sháith ite ag Pílí Cat, shíneadh sé siar ó chluais go ruball sa teallach agus chodlaíodh sé corr néal.
When Pílí Cat had his fill of food, he would stretch out from ear to tail in the hearth and sleep for a while.
Uaireantaí eile, bhíodh sé ina shuí amach ón tinidh go cróganta ag sneagaireacht agus ag faire isteach sa tinidh.
At other times, he would be sitting away from the fire bravely coughing and looking into the fire.
Bhíodh sé ag caitheamh a phuíop' agus ag faire isteach ar sholas na tineadh.
He used to be smoking his pipe and gazing into the firelight.
agus ghabh sé 'a chodladh
and he went to sleep
agus chuir sé a learí (?) é
and he put himself to rest
lena bheath a shaothrú,
to earn his living
A bheith inár n-aonar
To be by ourselves
D'imigh sé ar scor
He retired
Táim ag baint lá as
When you would look inside an old barn...
Tóg go réidh é
Well, may God leave you the hearing, Patrick, as keen as you hear them, Garvan, I would understand, I would understand them calling it rocky in that there was a lot of lime being used for putting on barns and things like that, and it was rock, and I suppose that's the meaning or the image someone would have of something that is rocky.