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

uirthi chuirfeadh siad an mhóin

On her they would put the turf.

ar

on

chuireadh siad an mhóin i dtosach lasadh siad tine mhóna bhíodh siad ag tabhairt isteach móna chaithfeadh an

They would put the turf first, they would light a turf fire, they used to bring in turf, they would have to throw the...

cloch mhóin cloch mhóin a thugadh siad isteach anseo

Turf stone, turf stone they used to bring in here.

isteach anseo

in here.

dhéanadh siad sin agus chuireadh siad na chuireadh siad na slata mara

They did that and they put out the fishing rods.

siad thart uirthi é ná go leádh sí nó go ngabhfadh sí

they put it around her lest she melt or be taken

agus ab é an chaoi

and that was the way.

d'imíodh an cheilp síos thríd an luaithreach agus a mbíodh ann ansin thabharfaí thabharfaidís leo

The kelp would go down through the ashes and whatever was there then they would take, they would take with them.

go díreach

directly

go díreach imíonn sí crua inti ritheann sí

She goes straight, she hardens in it, she runs.

ritheann sí ina cnap

She runs in a lump.

agus dhéanfadh sí na cnap mhór fhaca tú an fic a bhíodh ag dul sa tara fadó 'sea 'sin é an cineál a bhíodh 'sin é an chaoi a mbíonn sí déanann sí cnap nuair a ritheann sí fuaraíonn sí

and she would make the big lump you saw, the pitch that used to go into the tar long ago, yes, that's the kind it used to be, that's the way it is, she makes a lump when she runs, she cools.

agus bhíodar in ann é a thógáil ina chnap bhí siad in ann é a thógáil ina chnap d'airigh mé ag rá iad go mbíodh cnaipe chomh mór corruair agus nach mbeifeá nach mbeidh fear in ann é a thógáil den talamh le ord ansin a bhíodh siad dhá bhriseadh

and they were able to lift it in a lump they were able to lift it in a lump I heard them saying that sometimes a lump would be so big that you wouldn't, that no man would be able to lift it from the ground with a sledgehammer then they used to break them.

bhí siad in ann a ógánach d'airigh

they were able to hear a youth.