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School: Killyconnan (B.)

Location:
Killyconnan, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Kearney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0979, Page 003

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  1. List of Words and Phrases Used by the People of Lavey and Surrounding Parishes (continued)

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    A losset (a rod-basket)
    A beesom ( a sweeping brush made of heather.
    A scub (same as beesom)
    A brogue (a boot)
    The Feargortha (hunger)
    A Maolin (a cow without horns)
    A grathan (A miserable thing)
    A gisthera (a useless man)
    A stroole (An unhappy person)
    A botun of straw (an armful)
    A callop of bread (an lump of bread)
    A cideog (A shawl)
    A caibín (an old hat)
    A gomb (A foolish person)
    Poreens (Small potatoes)
    Tumógs (laps of hay)
    A measgan (a roll of butter)
    Scallops (rods)
    A cuiseóg (a blade of grass)
    A gooket (a hole in a fence)
    A scallóg (a drop of tea)
    A scratan (a miserable thing)
    Brosna (Firewood)
    A skillet (A small pot)
    A Gearróg (a short ridge of potatoes)
    Partlans (sods).
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. glossaries (~227)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Kearney
    Gender
    Male