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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Bhí a fhios agat ansin gur cheannaigh sé go háitiúil iad.
You knew then that he bought them locally.
Ní raibh caint ar bith ar an miosúr ná ar an toradh; ní raibh acu an an rud a dtugann siad an
There was no talk at all about the measure or about the result; they did not have the thing that they call it.
Meath a thugadh siad air.
They used to call it Meath.
Le haghaidh le haghaidh tis dhá mbeadh siad dhá mbeadh siad im dhá mbeadh siad ag dul amach chun rud éigin dá gcaithfeadh siad féin.
For for knowledge if they would if they would in if they would be going out for something if they themselves had to...
Coirce ná ná arbh ná síol ná fataí b'fhéidir a mheáchan.
Oats or barley or seed or potatoes perhaps by weight..
An mbeidh duine dhá iarraidh go léir an mheachain?
Will someone be asking for all the weight?
Agus 's éard a bhí sa MA, píosa de mhaide thart.
And what was in the MA was a piece of wood around...
Agus bhíodh poll toll ina lár le haghaidh le haghaidh píosa de rópa.
And there used to be a hole in the middle for a piece of rope.
Bhíodh dhá fhag ansin gearrtha amuigh b'fhéidir orlach isteach ina chloigeann domhain.
There used to be two notches there cut maybe an inch into his deep skull.