Turas Siar 293 - Michael Ó Murchú (R.I.P.) as an gCartúr ag insin scéal faoi PhílíChat agus faoi ChaolChat na Luathadh.
Le caoinchead Roinn Bhéaloideas Éireann, UCD.
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The speaker's name is given in the title, and the location 'an gCartúr' suggests an Erris dialect. The use of 'tigeann' and other linguistic features support this.
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Bhí Caolchat na Luath ina sheasamh sa sealach.
Caolchat na Luath was standing in the shed.
Caolchata dul uathu féin suas as an sealach.
Thin cats going off by themselves up out of the shed.
Sheáin, ar seisean leis, ar seisean.
Sheáin, said he, said he...
Tá do sháith amach romhamsa, ar seisean.
Your fill is ahead of me, he said.
fhaca tú leat Billy Cat Bán ar maidin, ar seisean, bhí tú le bróga a chur air.
Did you see Billy the White Cat with you this morning, he said, you were to put shoes on him..
"Agus níor chuir tú aon bhróg air," ar sé, "ar mharaigh tú é?"
"And you didn't put a shoe on it," he said, "did you kill it?"
Luigh sé arís sa sealach agus bhí sé ag faire ann.
He lay down again in the shed and he was watching there.
Agus ní rinne Seán a dhul ag an dtalamh glic ar ais agus d'inis sé an scéal don dtalamh leic.
And Seán did not go back to the cunning land and he told the story to the stony land.
Nuair a dúirt Pddy cat bán leis:
When Paddy said to the white cat:.
Bhoil, an té a anois atá do ghuí amach romhat anois, adeir sé.
Well, the one who now has your prayer ahead of you now, he says...
Mura é sin ba é an chapall uathu anois.
If that was not the horse from them now...