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School: Ballynagearn (roll number 8824)

Location:
Ballaghnagearn, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
T. Finnegan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0929, Page 102

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  1. List of Irish Words and Phrases that Have Been Adopted into the Popular English Speech of the Galltacht

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    adag = a handstack
    aircín = a little pig
    amadán = a fool
    airís = again
    alt = a little glen
    alablasra =
    B
    banbh
    bacán
    bacstaídh
    báirseach
    bannach
    bardóg
    bastún
    bunán
    builteán buailtín (u)
    brosna
    brachán
    brúitín
    bogóg
    bean-sidhe
    bróg
    bradach
    bainne circe = hen’s milk
    beleochrán [?]
    bothan of straw
    boiteán = bundle of straw
    brais – buille dé gcuimmeog
    botán bearn tuighe [?]
    C
    cáibín
    cailín
    cailleach
    Cálceannfhionn
    cearc
    céilidhe
    clábar
    clúdóg
    croidhe
    cuisle
    carr
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