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.

Bhí mé ag súil.

I was hoping..

ar leith le haghaidh rud a diomprófar

special for something that will be carried

Bád anois, abair, a bheith ag iompar locht agus ag iompar taoscán, bhí difear eatarthu.

A boat now, say, having a fault and carrying bilge water, there was a difference between them.

Abair liom cén difríocht atá idir

Tell me what the difference is.

Dá mbeadh bád anois ab fhéidir a bheith ag iompar lucht móna ba í an loch.

If there were a boat now that could be carrying a load of turf, it would be the lake...

Ba

Was.

Nach mbeadh sí ag iompar loch gar ná lucht mine nó lucht plúir ba í an loch.

Wouldn’t she be carrying a lake near her rather than a load of meal or a load of flour, she was the lake...

Os cionn bord, mar a déarfá.

Above board, as you’d say..

Ach ansin taoscán.

But then a drop...

Anseo ar aon nós.

Here anyway..

An t-aosán a thugadh siad uaidh bheadh sé faoin gclub boird, mar a déarfá.

The little bit they took from him would be under the board club, as you might say..

'Sea.

Yes..

Sea

Yes.

Anois taoscán agus baslach ansin a thugadh siad an rud fliuch don mbád.

Now a bucket and a scoop then they would give the wet thing to the boat.

Sea

Yes.