Focail Folaithe Maigh Eo

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15 words

brógaí taidhbhs'

young of dogfish, also young of skate

lag-phortach

worked-out part of bog, cutaway.

preith

word used to call a horse (in from field)

pruigín

word used to call a cow

siol!

word used in chasing a hen out of cabbage plants (Breaffy); siola! siola! (Belcarra); siolaigí! to a number of geese (Keelogues) / ʃulǝg´ i: /.

paca

pacaí /puki: / olainne wool packs, i.e. white clouds (a sign of rain)

seamsóg

seamsógaí, stories about ghosts (AL); go leór seamsógaí an bealach seo fadó, a lot of pisreógaí in this part of the country long ago (Sb). wood-sorrel

scontaí

won (pennies at tossing)

gróití

tá an báire gróití agam ort won

suimplí

with s-leathan is the dialect form of the usual simplidhe.

go leór

ní hé go leór é, it isn't much. with neg., much

coirdín fidháin

wild carrot: bláth a' mheachain air, bláth bán mar a' fuarán: an bonn (a' fréamh) go maith le n-ith

caislín

wheat-ear; considered to be one of the "sleepers"

bun a chúl

tá siad i n-a suí go bláfar bun a chúl .i. a dtastáil acú well off

luifearnach

weeds (collective)

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