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School: Cill Tártáin

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Kiltartan, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Tuathaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0047, Page 0127

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  1. Irish Words and Phrases Used by Purely English Speakers in the Locality

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    beart-----a bundle of hay.
    sop-----a wisp
    gabhail-----armful (of turf)
    paithín---a swathe (new-mown hay)
    gabhlóg
    -----a forked piece of a branch used to prop up a common car when greasing it.
    meitheal
    -----a crowd that keep at threshing etc.
    somach-----strong child
    púicín-----calf muzzle
    sleaghan-----turf spade
    púitín
    -----a hole in a wall where sheep can run from one field to another.
    bogán-----egg without a shell
    glugar-----egg not fertile
    báinín-----flannel under vest.
    camóg-----crooked stick
    bádóir
    -----Connemara man who helped at potato digging some years ago in the district
    gráineóg-----porcupine
    bróigín-----treadle of a spade
    dúirnín -----scythe handle
    ciaróg-----cock-roach
    béilín-----part of a plough
    scib
    -----a boat-shaped strainer made of rods (used for straining potatoes)
    scilleáin
    -----potatoes cut for planting.
    grógán----- (of turf)
    caorán--small piece of a sod of turf
    bodharán
    -----the timber part of a riddle or sieve covered with sheep-skin. It is used for carrying in turf etc.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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