Turas Siar 64 - Seanleaganacha Cainte 6
A collection of words and sayings. Speaker : Pádraic S. Ó Murchú, An Cartúr
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The speaker's name and location are provided in the description, indicating he is a native speaker from An Cartúr, which is in the Achill region.
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Le lámh íochtair agus lámh uachtair.
With the lower hand and the upper hand..
Agus d'fháisceadh siad isteach ar a chéile.
And they pressed in against each other.
Agus an fear ab fhearr a fhaca an fear eile.
And the best man the other man had ever seen..
An fear ag iarraidh an fear eile a thógáil den talamh.
The man trying to lift the other man off the ground.
Lena bhualadh faoi anuas ar an talamh.
To strike it down onto the ground...
Thiteadh an bheirt i mullach a chéile.
The two would fall on top of each other.
Bhuaileadh beirt dear ar a chéile, b'fhéidir, istigh i dteach cuartaíocht fadó.
Two strangers might meet each other, perhaps, inside a visiting house long ago.
Agus ní raibh suim ar bith acu titim ar an urlár i mullach a chéile, urlár leacracha, urlár crua leacracha.
And they had no interest at all in falling on the floor on top of each other, a flagstone floor, a hard flagstone floor...
Nó thabharfadh siad amach.
Or they would give out..
ar an talamh bán mar a deir siad
on the white ground as they say.
Sin an talamh bán TB, fada, ba in leagan iontach eile a bhí ag daoine.
That is the white land TB, long, it was another wonderful version that people had..