Seanleaganacha Cainte part 1

seo

this

cuid de na seanleaganachaí cainte a bhí againn lenár linn féin

some of the old expressions we had in our own time

(a bhí ann) len ár linn fhéin

in our times

nuair a bhí muid a' teacht suas

when we were coming up

a bhí

that was

go forleathan

widely

go forleathan agus in úsáid go minic ag na seandaoine

widely and often used by the elderly

agus

and

seo iad anois mar a chuala mise iad agus mar bhíthear á n-úsáid linne

here they are now as I heard them and as they were used by us

ní raibh na seanleaganacha sin ag éinne le cluins, ach an té a bhí tógtha le Gaeilge on gcliabhán

those sayings won't have been heard by anyone, except native speakers

ní raibh na seanleaganacha sin

those old versions were not

ag

at

éinne le clos ach sé mhí tóigthí le gaeilge an gcliabháin

Anyone to hear but six months would be taken with the cradle Irish.

agus go deimhin

and indeed

tá cuid mhaith de na leaganacha seo le cluinstin go fóill

many of these versions are still to be heard