‘Rí na mBréag’ inste ag Peadar Ó Raghallaigh

lig siad isteach é chomh fada leis an rí

They let him in as far as the king.

gur sheáin sé

that he pushed it

píosa mór fataí a bhí curtha aige dó

a large piece of potatoes he had planted for him.

agus d'fhiafraigh sé dó a bhfaca sé ariamh ina shaol

and he asked him if he had ever seen in his life.

aon phíosa fataí chomh maith leo sin

any piece of potatoes as well as those.

dúirt an buachaill go bhfaca agus píosa bhí céad uair níos fearr ná iad

The boy said that he saw and a piece was a hundred times better than them.

nuair a bhí mise óg 'ar seisean

"when I was young," he said.

bhí an garraí fataí curtha agam féin agus ag m'athair

The potato garden had been planted by myself and my father.

agus thóg muid balla cloiche thart orthu nuair a bhí siad curtha air

and we built a stone wall around them when they were buried on it.

a bhí dhá throigh dhéag ar airde

that was twelve feet high

agus nuair a d'fhás na fataí

and when the potatoes grew

bhí na gasúir chomh hard

the children were so tall