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1. List Of Words and Phrases that Have Been Adopted into the Popular English Speech of the Galltacht (continued)

   

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   colfin? applied to food hay etc which animal could pick some useful sustenance out of
   carbadán. lowsized person with prominent teeth
   cealldrach (daldra) a big easy going person
   ceap – (verb) to “cap.” catch, stop, catch turf from cutter
   cablaisc (cablask) a “sling” – a tall lanky person
   céilidh (Kailey) a visit to a friend
   cnámhóg (crawog) waste part of potato when seed is cut off it – part without “eyes.”
   caradh – (carra) a temporary or otherwise damming
   clatty (dirty) of a river. “a clatty day” said of a wet day
   cogaltaigh-corraigh – a see-saw children’s game
   clairíneach – a cripple or slow moving person
   cranndaman – a perosn who walks stiffly
   cailleach – term of contempt for old unmarried female
   clairseach – an untidy female (cf. clatty = dirty muddy)
   crág – (noun) a large hand (verb) to paw, - handle
   ceárd – a reckless fellow
   criog (crig) noun a small sized person (verb) to “outdo”
   ceannt (Kent) a streetvendor’s clothes stand
   cipín – a small twig
   ceileabhar – noise of people talking loudly or children playing
   cuiseog – a stem of grass fully grown
   crúb – unwieldy foot
   carr – a grimace
   cuilr – a lazy young man
   clab – a large open mouth
   cuileannog – slimy green or yellow substance on walls
   cideog – a cloth worn round head or shoulders of women “Kideog”

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      1. glossaries (~227)

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Collector

   E. Treanor

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Teacher

   Informant

   John Treanor

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   77

   Occupation

   Farmer

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   Glen More, Co. Monaghan