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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 0129

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

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    Mám - 2 handfuls of flour
    Leacht - heap of stones
    Slachtmhar - tidy
    Geanncach - pug-nosed
    Riasc - a marsh
    Canndóg - junk of bread
    Bratach - winnowing sheet
    Dóib buidhe - yellow clay
    Tráithnín - strong blade of grass ( the kind used by a man to push thro' the stem of a pipe to free it )
    Suarach - said of anything that remains miserable
    Dailtín - brat
    Ceolán - a person with little sense in his talk
    Smearachán - a person who doesn't do his work well
    Súgán -hay rope
    Steall - a quantity ( of milk )
    Spríos - embers
    Meas - value
    Amadán - (fool)
    Óinseach - female fool
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    Terms of endearment:-
    A stóir
    A chuidín
    A Ghrádh
    A Mhac
    A Mhúirnín
    A Chúisle
    Calls for the different kinds of Animals:-
    Tiuc! Tiuc! - HENS
    Beadaidhe! - GEESE
    Faoith! Faoit (Fút) - DUCKS
    Deoch! Deoch! - PIGS
    Pruth! HORSES
    Piuth, Piuth! - Cows
    Siuc! Siuc! - Calves
    Sheon! Sheon! - Sheep
    Jenny! Jenny! - Goats
    Dhis! Dhis! Chickens
    For Ducks "Faoinna" ! or "Spooney!" are also used
    Collected by the children in the School District
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
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    1. genre
      1. glossaries (~227)
    Language
    English
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    Children in the School District