Focail Folaithe Maigh Eo

http://focailfholaithe.fng.ie/counties/maigh-eo

15 words

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

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