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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Deir an pilí cat bhán suas an sealach agus chocáil sé é.
The white cat's kitten says up the chimney and he cooked it.
Dúirt tú, a Sheáin, ar seisean, go gcuirfeá bróga ormsa i dtosach.
You said, Seán, said he, that you would put shoes on me first.
Gheall tú na bróga dhomsa i dtosach, a deir sé, agus níor chuir tú aon bhróga orm.
You promised me the shoes first, he says, and you didn’t put any shoes on me.
Caithfidh tú bróga anois, adeir sé, a Sheáin, adeir sé, a chur ormsa.
You must put shoes on me now, he says, Seán, he says.
M'anam adeir Máire adeir sí le Seán go bhfuil do sháith amach romham.
My soul, says Máire, she says to Seán that your fill is ahead of me.
Pilí cat bán a shocair féin suas an teallach agus
A white cat curled itself up on the hearth and.
D'imigh Seán go dtí an dall glic, bhí dall glic i ngar dhubh.
Seán went to the clever blind man, there was a clever blind man in the black hollow.
D'inis sé na Nollag léi.
He spent Christmas with her.
Bhoil, m'anam, a Sheáin, ar seisean, go bhfuil do sháith amach romhat.
Well, my soul, Seán, says he, your fill is out before you.