| cuan |
cuan pisíní litter (of pups or kittens) |
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| brochán |
limpets boiled with flour |
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| céim |
bhí céim ann, bhí sé bacach; céim bhacaíl', a lame step limp |
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| sraith |
sra' ghainí, light loamy soil with sand through it (TmB); ar a' tSra' riabhach, n.loc., on the top of Cnoc a' tearmainn, ó thuaidh ón 'look-out' (an áit ar mharaigh fear go Chathánach an rón) (PsC). level ground |
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| bliain chorr |
chaon cheathrú bliain a bhíons bliain chorr ann. leap-year |
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| rachtáil |
a' rachtaíl gáirí laughing loudly in outburst |
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| deireannach |
an ceann deireannach gon tSathairne, late Saturday evening lately, of late |
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| ceathramha caorach |
lamb's quarter, common orache (D); slat a' fás ins na fataí, ar thalamh gainí; á bruith ar fheóil, it is boiled with meat (CN); called 'fat hen' in England (PsC). |
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| lúth |
This is not a word I have heard in Erris, but it is common in the Hiberno-English of Westmeath-Longford: the ewe is putting out her loo, i. has prolapsed uterus; cf. Ó Cadhain, An Braon Broghach, notes, pp. 30, 32 lamb-bed |
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| oirthear |
laithe 'r n-a n-órthaí, next day but one. |
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| stealladh |
kicking, lashing, i.e. horse kicking with both hind legs |
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| ceartharnach |
heard only in the very common proverb 'is fada an saol ceatharnaigh bliain' (MCd); dá mbeitheá ag caint ar rud a dhéanamh, déarfaí leat é (MC); 'up today and down tomorrow', therefore do not say what you'll do in the future, you may not be able to do it, you may not be alive Cf. SFC, 2386 kern, mercenary (?) |
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| bead |
is the call word used when calling a single goose (to food) |
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