School: Tóchar, Dunmaonmhuighe (roll number 7270)
- Location:
- Togher, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Riobárd Mac Peadair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0306, Page 095
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- Bhí feirt fhear ag dul i dlighe uair amhain
do ceistígeadh an fear oibre idtaobh na cuise
agus sé rud a dubairt se n an gioto seo:-Is cuma liom ciaca a bhuaidhfidh
Mar níl agam uatha-sa acht droc slighe
(fetters) Feitirsí gairid fe'm chaoirigh
agus iad ceangailte ar lúndraigh a'tuair*
An paircín is measa do'm chuid aoilig
Is acu san atá an croidhe gan aon trúag …………………………..
Nóta. It was customary in olden times to put the cows in pasture and when the had enough eaten to drive them into another field intended for tilling. The cows thus herded would manure & enrich the soil of this field This process was call "tuairing.".
- Ar bothar luimnighe do bhualadh "bas" iomam
In a suaimhnighe gránda agus a dhroim le claidhe.
Do dhéan mé cuimhneamh agus do rug ar lámh orm [?]
Agus d'fiafruigh de Shean-bhocht tláth [?] mar bhí
Taím tinn tuirsidhthe brúighte im shláinte
agus na peacaidhe gránda ar aghaidh mo chroidhe(continues on next page) - Informant
- Seán De Búrca
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derrylahan, Co. Cork
