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School: Cill Tártáin

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Kiltartan, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Tuathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0047, Page 0128

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  1. Irish Words and Phrases Used by Purely English Speakers in the Locality (continued)

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    Cuigear - chain for tying goats
    Blogam - sup
    Slog - gulp
    Cuairt - visit
    Dúidín - pipe with a short stem
    Práiscín - bag apron
    Cabhail - bare walls of a house in ruins
    Bolgadán - a stout person
    Pus - ( He had a "pus on him", meaning he is angry )
    Cailleach - an old hag
    Brosna - faggot
    Troighthín -stockings without any vamp to reach to the ankles
    Bráiste - weed growing in wheat field ( coekle)
    Maol - cow or goat without horns
    Plámás - flattery
    Ciseach - temporary bridge made across a drain in a bog
    Manntach - gaps in the teeth
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    Gobán - a botch ( said of a tradesman who is not an expert at his work )
    Boinn leac - sore on the sole fo the foot
    Straoil - untidy person
    Brabach - something (?)
    Fear bréige - placed in a garden to frighten away crows
    Báirneach - limpets
    Banbh - young pig
    Bladar - nonsense
    Taoibhín - patch on the side of a boot
    Bán - lea land
    Cáll - claim ( "You have no "cáll" to it" )
    Comhar - where on man lends a horse to another neighbour in return of the loan of his horse. ( Co-operation ) "Lallys are in COMHAR with us this year"
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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