Focail Folaithe Maigh Eo
http://focailfholaithe.fng.ie/counties/maigh-eo
sail
(má tá) sail bhuí i n-a cluais, beidh árd-im orthaí; if she has yellow wax in her ear, there will be greast butter on her milk wax (in ear)
preabaire na gcapall
wasp
suicín! suicín!
used to call a calf
mún
airigead na caillighe is é á mhún faoi na ballaí urinating
slód
tussock out of which sea-pink grows (Wm); PsC has doubts about this meaning. According to MCd the slód is where sea-birds build their nests.
aghaidh béil
aghaidh béil a thabhairt ar a' tsagart, turn your lip on, give out (abusive language) to the priest.
torabord
turbot, iasc mór leathan
mar-thiompó
ghá mar-thiompó héin (she was) tumbling tumbling (of horse)
pótaire
toper, drunkard
steig meig a dhéanamh de
to lay him out (for the count) (SBh).
greim gearr
i. by marrying in, is to get it by the greim gearr. to get a place with the wife,
spleic
spleic ar a' tsíogán, lop-sided rick. tilt
an cheist
This is what you would ask a ghost. It has never been printed (ní rabh i bprionda riamh). Only two people (in Glosh) have the Ceist
bolag uisce
the water-bag from a cow about to calve
bogach
the usual word for peat bog