Volume: CBÉ 0189

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1. Irish Words Used in English (Adamstown) (continued)

   

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   "Tar isteach"(said when calling the pigs, or driving them in)
   "Biadh!, Biadh!" (when calling the turkeys)
   " t'Anam ó'n diabhal" (from th ' anam 'n dee")
   "Móinfhéir - (name of field same place)
   "Gort na nGréasaidhe" (also name of field - field of the cobblers)
   Sean-gharraidhe (name of field - "old garden")
   "Páirc na stil" ( name of field)
   Sceach - (white thorn - a sgeach tree)
   "Cinneárd - headland)

   

   Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.

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   Item type

   Lore

   Languages

   English

   Irish

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script