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School: Kilmore (roll number 16126)

Location:
Kilmore, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Shamhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0226, Page 485

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  1. Irish Words Surviving in District

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    glaim = handful also maimín
    ciste (t pronounced with k sound)
    Laidhe
    ma seadh
    brosna (pron bresnach
    deóirin
    moinín
    griosach
    ceocóg
    doirnín
    duidín
    banbh
    maoilín
    Hí muc (driving pigs)
    Hí cearc ( " hens)
    cluasán (applied to stupid person)
    amadán
    aiubhalóir
    bárdóg
    piochan = applied to continuos coughing)
    manntach = method of speaking when front teeth are missing, or to disjointed sent "Meaning with drink is commonly used.
    boiltín = Shorter stick oif a flail. gad = piece of dried skin connecting two sticks of flail
    praisgín
    gathaille - young girl
    stocach = growing boy
    gair
    smut ( a smut on her, applied to a sultry countenance
    a chuirle
    a gradh carraig
    a leanbh poll a phúca
    yig nó yog out of him = applied to person in a faint probably cnuig without motion or speech
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. glossaries (~227)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James O' Rourke
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    86
    Address
    Drumcoura, Co. Leitrim