Turas Siar 228 - Pádraic S. as an gCartúr le Máirtín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG : Tornóga, áitheanna agus tionscal na ceilpe sa gceantar fadó.

Agus d'fhágfaí ansin ina charna ann arís é go ceann chúpla lá.

And then it would be left there in a heap again for a few days.

Ansin nuair a ghabhfá aghaidh arís.

Then when you would face again...

Chomh fada a líonadh isteach.

As long as it is filled in..

Bhoil.

Well..

'Sé an tsaol ba ba ba nádúrtha a chonaic tú ariamh níor thug tú aon aol amach as aon mhála ariamh.

The most natural life you ever saw, you never took any lime out of any bag ever.

Is an siopa

It is the shop.

Ba nádúrtha mé agus bheadh sé geal geal amach bhí sé chomh geal.

I was natural and it would be bright bright out it was so bright..

Chomh dearna sin.

So I did..

Chomh geal leis an gcriostal.

As bright as crystal..

Geal agus glan.

Bright and clean..

Ní raibh cacallóid ná caca mbus ná ná dada thríd agus bhí sé chomh glan agus chomh geal agus chomh mín ní raibh cóir ná cuma sliogáin a raibh an tsliogán ariamh ann.

There wasn’t a speck of dirt nor a bit of filth nor anything at all through it and it was as clean and as bright and as smooth as if there had never been a shell there at all.

Cén cén úsáid a bhí acub don fhaol féin ansin?

What use had they for the wolf itself then?

Is iomaí úsáid a bhí siad a dhéanamh dhó.

They were making many uses of it.

Mí-úsáid

Abuse.

Mí-úsáid ann do ghearradh ná de ghortú ná de lot bhíodh siad dhá chur air.

Abuse in cutting or in wounding or in injury they used to inflict on him.