An Dílleachta agus an tSíogróg

uí bhuaigh

won

go mbáfaí í

that she would be drowned.

'ar sí

"she said. ."

tá fear óg ag teacht chugam le trí lá 'a dúirt sí

"A young man is coming to me in three days," she said.

agus

and

d'inis an bhean thú

The woman told you.

mháthair mhór

grandmother

bhoil anois é 'a dúirt a mháthair mhór is tú síos amárach

"Well now," said his grandmother, "you are down tomorrow."

fuiseoga

Larks.

'a dúirt sí

'she said . .'

leigheas atá roimh a choinneáil beo

medicine that is to keep alive

ní go maith is ní raibh go dona an ceathrú lá a fuair an cailín óg síos

Not well and not bad was the fourth day the young girl got down.

bhí sí ina gearrchaile óg idir cúig bliana déag agus sé bliana déag

she was a young girl between fifteen and sixteen years old.