Focail Folaithe Maigh Eo

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15 words

toghadóir

a picker (of potatoes)

sionnachóir lae

a pet day, i.e. one fine day during a spell of wet weather

tonnc

a nudge, butt (from bull)

slubar

a mess of anything

fíor-chapall

a mare that would have eleven foals. This does not seem right; likely the word means a 'bred horse'.

aithinne dearg

Ní i gcoinní aithinne a thainic tusa, said to a casual visitor who is inclined to stay too long, as a hint that it is time to be going. a live coal, as distinguished from sméarthóidí, cinders

dath na gcloch

cuireann sé dath buí ar an olainn (stocaí) a lichen-like scabby growth on stones used to dye wool

giorla

a land measure, about a rood

cluaisín

a kind of shell-fish: bia ionntú, mar eistirí

bruicheallán

Mí na mbruicheallán a tugtaí ar July; bhíodh deireadh na bhfataí cait a kind of sea-weed: mar sleámógaí iad; bonn mór orthú, mar charraigín; ar nós fataí.

cáithleán

a kind of sea-grass: a' fás ar a' milliúir

portán iarainn

a huge crab, spread all round

sál-bhrú ar bhó

a heel-bruise on a cow

falc

falcannaí fómhair, autumn showers a heavy shower

cnapan

a heap

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