An Bréag is mó sa Domhan
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The use of 'tig leat' and 'tigeann' are indicative of Erris dialect.
beidh scíth agam anois, tig liom coladh.
I'll have a rest now, I can sleep.
Maidin lá arna mhárach fuaigh an t-athair amach go bhfeicfidh sé goidé an [bláth] a chuir sé air.
The next morning the father went out that he would see what [result] he put on it.
ach tháinig ionadh an domhain air, an coirce chroith sé inné agus chuir sé
but he was very surprised, the oats he shook yesterday, and he sowed
bhí sé fástaí bhí sé sé troithe ar airde
it had grown, it was six feet tall.
má thagann aon ghaoith a déir sé leis fhéin, cailfidh muid an síol. isteach leis.
If any wind comes, he said to himself, we will lose the seed. Back in he went.
Éirigh a deir sé. An coirce a chuir tú inné tá sé sé troithe ar airde
Get up he says. The oats you planted yesterday are six feet high.
agus deir sé "chomh hapaigh, má thagann aon ghaoth cáilfidh muid an síol."
and he says "that ripe, if any wind comes we'll lose the seed."
Gheobhfaidh tú crann amuigh insa scioból
You will find a pole out in the shed
agus tabhar leat do chrann
and take your pole with you
ceangailte agus stocaí sula dtéirí an ghrian insa talamh.
tied and stooked before the sun goes down.