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School: Cloonty

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Cloonty, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Michael Mac Gowan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0190, Page 240

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  1. Some Peculiar Words in Common Use in this District

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    Adriskee - Conciliation, peace as I made adriskee between them.

    Clift - An awkward young fellow.

    Gom - Has much the same meaning as CLIFT

    Shoen - The iron tyre of a farm cart: Shakespeare it appears used this form. It survives here still.

    Swithers - Doubt, indecision. ex. "I was in swithers this morning about beginning the rick."

    Tint - A small amount of liquid
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Mac Gowan
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Teacher