Turas Siar 394 - Pádhraic S. Ó Murchú as an gCartúr agus Máirtín Mac Donnchadha, RnaG: An chaoi a n-úsáidtí an cholainn le rudaí a thomhas.
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The speaker is identified in the title as Pádhraic S. Ó Murchú from an gCartúr, a location in the Erris region.
Máirtín Mac Donnchadha is mentioned in the title as a participant in the recording.
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A bheadh ansin slat a bheadh ansin trí troigh.
That would be a rod that would be three feet...
Bhíodh na seancheimhneoirí fadó.
The old storytellers used to be long ago..
Agus ní raibh miosúr ar bith aige ach slat.
And he had no measure at all but a rod.
Bhíodh sé sin déanta ar an bhíodh, bhí, bhíodh na slataí sin aige le haghaidh miosúir.
That used to be done in the past, he used to have those rods for measuring.
Sin é an rud uaidh a dtugann an a dtuigeann an an t-ainm inniu an ghardstick.
That is the thing from which the name "the yardstick" is understood today.
Bhíodh sé ag na táilliúir agus bhíodh sé ag na
He used to be with the tailors and he used to be with the.
Píosa píosa mhaide nó píosa slata a mbeadh slat slat ar fad ann.
A piece, a piece of stick or a piece of rod that would be a full rod in length.
Píosa de slat ar fad ann agus bhí sé slata ar fad ann agus bhíodh sé ag marcáilte ansin ag an troigh.
A piece of rod altogether there and it was rods in total there and it used to be marked then at the foot.
Ba shin é an ba shin é an rud a mhothaigh tú i gcónaí.
That was it, that was the thing you always felt..
Agus bhí miosúir eile acu. Bhí miosúr acu le chuile shórt. Bhí miosúr acu le haghaidh
And they had another measure. They had a measure for everything. They had a measure for everything.