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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Meachain a thuig meachain a bhíodh siad sin a bhí scríofa orthu sin go díreach an mheachain a bhí siad sin ag tíocht go díreach mheachain a tháinig ar rópa dhá dté thusa ag iarraidh píosa de rópa isteach i siopa anois ní dhéarfá dhá punta de rópa.
Weights, you understood weights, those were the ones that were written on them, that was exactly the weight they were, coming exactly, the weight that came on a rope. If you went looking for a piece of rope in a shop now, you wouldn’t say two pounds of rope...
Dhá phunta de rópa níor airigh mé éinne riamh ag dul isteach ag an siopa ná ag iarraidh.
Two pounds of rope—I never heard anyone going into the shop or asking for it.
Ná deich spota fichead de rópa.
Not ten spots twenty of rope..
Ní bheadh a fhios ag fear an tsiopa céard a bhí tú a iarraidh, 's é an chaoi.
The man in the shop wouldn't know what you were asking for, that's the way...
'Sé an chaoi a gceannódh na Fontaí é, bhí sé meaite agus ceangailtí agus réitithe na funtaí.
The way the Fontas would buy it, it was weighed and tied and the pounds sorted.
Agus is dóigh go mbaineann an rud céanna dhá mbeifeá ag ceannacht sreang nó wire le haghaidh le haghaidh
And I suppose the same thing applies if you were buying string or wire for something.
Óh 'sea nuair a bheadh siad ag cur suas an wire i gcónaí go léir
Oh yes, when they would always be putting up the wire, all the time.
De réir an mheáchain a thuigeann sé sin leathchéad ná cibé rud atá ann anois.
According to the weight he understands that is fifty or whatever it is now.