Turas Siar 379 - Boxty Making

tá mé a' gabháil a' seinnt anois an chaoi le haghaidh boxty a dhéanamh

I am going to play now the way to make boxty.

imithe thart é a aonú ar oileán inis gé na blianta blianta é féin

Gone around it alone on Inis Gé island for years and years himself.

seo iad an stuif uilig

this is all the stuff.

bheith dá dhéanamh

to be doing it.

le wax dóigh

with wax, probably.

an chéad rud

the first thing.

a bheith agam

to have

ná na fataí

nor the potatoes.

iad sciúrthaí glan

them scrubbed clean

na craiceannaí bainte dóibh

their skins removed.

ansin tógfainn an grád

then I would take the grade.

cláirín

small board

an woxty agus chuirinn an dá cheann suas mar sin

the woxty and I would put both ends up like that.

bheadh fata ansin agam mar sin

I would have a potato there then.

lena scríobadh

to write it