Ár Dover Féin
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deich n-uaire a' chloig oibre sa lá
Ten hours of work in the day.
ceithre huaire ar an satharn
Four o'clock on Saturday.
ceithre phunt
four pounds
nó sé phunt is féidir acu
or six pounds they can.
i ndeireadh an tséasúir
at the end of the season
glanann sé sin an bille i leabhar an tsiopa
that clears the bill in the shop's book.
an mála plúr
the bag of flour
b'in é an rud mór
that was the big thing.
tar éis na nollag
after Christmas
bhí tú ar ais ins an leabhar arís
you were back in the book again.
riachtanais eacnamúla i ndáiríre ba chúis leis an imirce shéasúrach seo
economic needs really caused this seasonal migration.
bhí ar na daoine imeacht mar gur dhein sé difríocht an-mhór dóibh an t-airgead a shíleadar
The people had to leave because it made a very big difference to them, the money they thought.
in albain mar bhíodar i ndáiríre píre beo bocht ag an am
in Scotland as they were really truly very poor at the time.
b'in mar a bhí ag muintir acla agus ag muintir iarthar na héireann le linn na tréimhse go raibh an nós seo
That was how it was with the people of Achill and the people of the west of Ireland during the period when this custom existed.