Pádraic Thomáis Ó Raghallaigh i dTenerife

Teanga na feadaíola,

The whistling language,

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Má chreideann tú mé.

If you believe me.

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'Sea, agus cén sort teanga é?

Yes, and what kind of language is it?

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Is ea, is í an Spáinnis, ach in áit a bheith á labhairt, bíonn daoine á fheadaíl.

Yes, it is Spanish, but instead of speaking it, people whistle it.

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Ag feadaíl? Is ea?

Whistling? Indeed?

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Is ea, bíonn siad ag feadaíl le chéile le haghaidh rud ar bith a rá le chéile,

Indeed, they whistle to each other to say anything to each other,

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Go háithrid muintir, 'bhfuil fhios 'ad, muintir a bíonns ag plé le feliméaracht nó le caoirigh nó le gabhair go háithrid,

Especially people, you know, people who deal with farming or with sheep or with goats especially,

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Má bhíonn siad i bhfad ó chéile.

If they are far from each other.

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Agus dhá mbeadh tusa anois. . . dhá mbeadh gabhar 'adsa anois,

And if you were now. . . if you had a goat now,

Agus gabhar nó cupla gabhar a bheith ag an té a bheadh síos an bóthar uait,

And a goat or a couple of goats were with the person down the road from you,

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Agus go raibh tú ag iarraidh rud éicint a rá leis faoin bocaide nó faoin ngabhar a bhí bailithe thar an gclaí, má tá claí ann,

And you wanted to say something to him about the goat that had gone over the fence, if there was a fence,

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Cén chaoi an ngabhfá dhá mhíniú sin i bhfeadaíl dhó?

How would you explain that to him by whistling?

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Go díreach, tá sé tuigthe 'ad.

Exactly, you understand it.

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Bhoil, is ea, sin é rud. . . ceist a bhíonns ann go minic,

Well, yes, that's a thing. . . a question that often comes up,

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Má chailleann tú mar shampla gabhar éicint,

If you lose, for example, some goat,

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