Focail Folaithe Maigh Eo

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15 words

caindéal

bottom of barrel (stanna)

crosta

bó chrost', a "wicked" cow. bold, ill-mannered (of children)

roilleóg

bog myrtle

báchrán

bog bane

blocán a'bhuaidh

block of cork on a buoy

sinneán gaoithe

níl ann ach a' sinneán sin, his bark is worse than his bite blast of wind

bréan-lóib

black rotten bog matter under blown sand at sea-edge. The slip (céibh) should have been built on rocks, but instead it was built on the bréanlóib, consequently had no proper foundation and did not last.

snaidhm buaic

binding of face of corpse

chugad

chugad a' luaith! said by a woman when putting out ashes; chugad a' púc', beware of the pooka! common in the phr. níor úirt siad chugad a' púc' liom (I met them on the road) and they said not a word, spoke not a word to me beware! look out!

builte ar

bhí an caisleán buailte air, the castle was beside him, quite near him. beside, close to

crios

belt (on sheaf of corn), but a soldier's belt is beilt.

tionnscain

cé thionnscain é, who started it (fight)? (TmB); is tú a thionnscail a' troid (EOCn); v.n. a' tionnscaint. begin, start

gabháil

má mbeitheá a' goil go bhata ar a' ngaoith ní thóigfeá é, if you were to beat the wind with a stick (do your very utmost), you would not be able to lift it beating

giúraí

ar adhmad fhásas na giúraí; an chéad chót' - caonach, an dara cót' - giúraí, an tríhú cót' - má sheasann a' t-adhmad barnacles (on timber)

brionglán

barb (on wire)

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