School: Droim Seanbhó Thuaidh
- Location:
- Drumshanbo North, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1127, Page 096
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- Árcán:- a small delicate-looking fellow with a good "gift of the Gab". Also a fellow given to "pranks" and mischiefLiúididhe:- A stout, pugy, thick-looking fellow with not much sharpness in himDonnán:- a delicate person who is always complainingDúthán:- a small, fat, chubby, fellow who is "all on the ground".Líob:- a quiet, pettish, and rather sneakish "mollie of a fellow" with little manliness or cutting in him.Cudaí:- The "cudaí" is something more manly than the "líob"but although not such a "maidrín láithighe" has little cutting in him.Ránaí:- more delicate again than the árcán. He is as small as the árcán and not near as hefty.Spreasán:- a "little good for" fellow, also of the árcán buildCeólán:- a half-dead-and-alive fellow with no go-ahead about him, usually of the fat nature.Stocaire:- a mean type of individual who likes to keep his hopper filled. He would praise anything and everything belonging to you, ar mhaithe a stomach féin.(continues on next page)
