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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Rópa eile, mar a déarfá, a leagfaí an rópa na súl air.
Another rope, as you might say, that the rope of the eyes would be laid on it.
Chuirfí b'fhéidir seacht leathchéad nó dhá leithead ansin ar cheann amháin.
Maybe seven half-widths or two widths would be put there on one end.
Agus chuirfí an chuirfí an an mála ansin le haghaidh an cliabh cibé a bheifí ag dul a mheachain isteach ar an gcloigeann eile ach bheifeá an an rópa a bhí ina lár, bheadh sé crochta ón gcearrachail, bheadh sé istigh i scioból acu ná in áit éigin mar sin i mbéal fairsing.
And the bag would be put there for the basket, whichever one was going to be weighed on the other end, but you would have the rope that was in the middle, it would be hanging from the beam, it would be inside in a barn of theirs or somewhere like that in a wide opening.
Agus nuair a bhaileofá an dá sheanchéilí ansin,
And when you would gather the two old companions then,.
siad cothrom. Ba in é an meachain a bhí ag teastáil uathu agus chaithfí amach é sin ach
they are equal. That was the weight they needed and that would just have to be thrown out.
Ní raibh aon ní raibh aon mheáchan cruinn ar an ualach.
There was no exact weight on the load.
Ní raibh aon mheachain cruinn ar an ualach ach cé mhéad a d'iomprófaí cliabh ná an mbuail, an cliabh go mór mhór ná an phardóg ar na hasail.
There was no exact weight on the load but how much would be carried, a creel or a sack, the creel especially rather than the pannier on the donkeys.
Agus ba in é an t-ualach i ndáiríre ba in é an t-ualach i ndáiríre dhá phardóig ar asal.
And that was truly the burden, that was truly the burden: two pardons on a donkey.
Bloinn ón Tulach i ndáiríre.
Bloinn from the Hill really..
Ara ba é ba é ualach móna ná
Sure, it was a load of turf.