Focail Folaithe Maigh Eo
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dall caochán
owl
gríobh
outside building on turf stack
leath-
leath-rat a léim amach as an mála eórna i nDoivleán, cailleadh í. Tá a leath beannuithe (half of Doivleán). one of a pair, a single
bláthmhar
bláfar cuimscear, neat and tidy (of dress); well off: (tá siad) i n-a suí go bláfar. of work well done, neat and tasty, e.g. cocks of hay neatly headed off with súgáns on them
codal
codal go dh'fhear .i. slíomadóir go dh'fhear, he is no good for any one octopus (?): séidfe sé suas é héin a cho mór!
gaosán
(but not quite as complimentary a name as srón). nose (but not quite as complimentary a name as srón)
mór
is mór nár bháith sí a cho maith é, she nearly drowned him too nearly
dúchas
ritheann ann dúchas thruí chrúbaí an chait (sean-ocal), the cat's nature runs through its paws. nature, instinct
bileóg
thuas ar a' mbileóig. name of top of a local hill, site of the annual bonfire . . . See D. where one meaning is 'table leaf': this would describe the hill top exactly.
réalta Bhárr na screag
name of some star unidentified
cánóg
name of sea-bird, perh. shearwater
clamhán
name of plant
staoin-leic
name of a sloping flag
Buile an Bhodaigh
name of a constellation: thoir dtuaidh a bhíons sé, Lá'l Muire beag a bhíon sé le feiceál (Sb); this description would seem to indicate the Pleiades. See Pádraig Ó Moghráin in Béaloideas, xiii, pp. 166, 184. MCd described it as 3 réalt agus 4 réalt, while TmB mentioned seacht réalt, and added faoi fhéil Páraic tá sí thiar, faoi Nollaic ó dheas, which would indicate rather Oríon, perh. See also Celtica, xii, 182.
tálach
muscular pain in the wrist