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deich n-uaire a' chloig oibre sa lá

Ten hours of work in the day.

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ceithre huaire ar an satharn

Four o'clock on Saturday.

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ceithre phunt

four pounds

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nó sé phunt is féidir acu

or six pounds they can.

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i ndeireadh an tséasúir

at the end of the season

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glanann sé sin an bille i leabhar an tsiopa

that clears the bill in the shop's book.

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an mála plúr

the bag of flour

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b'in é an rud mór

that was the big thing.

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tar éis na nollag

after Christmas

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bhí tú ar ais ins an leabhar arís

you were back in the book again.

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riachtanais eacnamúla i ndáiríre ba chúis leis an imirce shéasúrach seo

economic needs really caused this seasonal migration.

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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.

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in albain mar bhíodar i ndáiríre píre beo bocht ag an am

in Scotland as they were really truly very poor at the time.

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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.

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