Turas Siar 59 - Seanleaganacha Cainte
A collection of words and sayings for describing people and their characteristics.Speaker : Pádraic S. Ó Murchú, An Cartúr.
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The speaker's name is given in the description. The use of older Irish sayings and references to growing up with 'Gaeilge an chliabháin' suggest an elderly native speaker.
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An píopa a bheadh siad a chaitheamh.
The pipe they would be smoking..
Go dtabharfadh sé ré na hachaire.
That he would cover the distance.
Dhá mbeifeá simléar, tachtaí.
If you were a chimney, you'd be choked.
Go gcuirfeadh siad, mar a deir siad, Tom sa seomra rópa agus Tom aitinne ná Tom Fraoigh.
That they would put, as they say, Tom in the rope room and Tom of the furze rather than Tom of the heather.
agus tharraingíodh siad suas agus anuas an simléar é agus
and they used to pull it up and down the chimney and.
Thiteadh an súithe anuas.
The soot would fall down.
Agus deir siad go bhfuair an
And they say that he got it.