Turas Siar 61 - Seanleaganacha Cainte 3
A collection of words and sayings.Speaker : Pádraic S. Ó Murchú
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Nuair a bheadh siad róstaí ansin agus iad déanta go deas.
When they would be roasted then and done nicely...
Bhí siad go han-deas le n-ithe agus chonaic mé féin iad agus d'imigh mé iad.
They were very nice to eat and I saw them myself and I ate them.
Agus diabhal rud níos deise a fhriosadh ariamh.
And never fried a damn nicer thing..
Níl bun ná barr ar an gcaoi a bhfuil an focal boxty.
There is neither rhyme nor reason to the way the word boxty is.
Ar éigean go ndeircí go mbreathnaíonn sé mar focal Béarla ar chor ar bith.
You would hardly think that it looks like an English word at all.
Ní hé amháin Gaeilge a chur air.
It is not only to put Irish on it..
Go dtuigeann an focal Boxt ón SeanGhaeilge seanleagan Gaeilge.
That the word Boxt is understood from Old Irish, an old version of Irish.