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School: Deravoy (roll number 373)

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Derryveagh, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
E. Treanor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0959, Page 007

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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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    scinnc? – thin gruel eaten with potatoes (verb – to economise)
    stuirte – sulk – a fit of sulkiness (from sturdel) [?]
    snotar – an insignificant person – (smugairle)
    strúip – spout of kettle etc
    stopall – handful of straw used in thatching a hair
    scám? light shower of rain [of beard (= smúr)
    scraith – a light grassy sod
    scráitheog – a flat wicker basket used as dinner table for potatoes
    (smut – a longjawed cold facial expression)
    smuiteanach – person as above
    sgiob – to trim as a sheaf – hay cock etc
    scoudar – a hastily made cake.
    stuaire – a pert little girl
    spág – a clumsy fool
    ‘spág’ing v. noun taking long strides {stágaidhe – one who took long strides
    sleaman (‘é’ accented) a handful
    slodan – standing pool of water
    sgeamh – sloped as cock of hay – al. “slanted”
    stacan – a stake
    sprugall – a double chin
    sprugallaidhe – an unweildy person
    síog (sheeg) a rectangular stack
    smidirín(s) little pieces
    sceilp – verb to beat with open hand (noun) a light flat piece of stone or wood.
    spinnc – a steep bank – over a river
    snámhaidhe (very common) a slowmoving person
    tumóg – a clump of rushes
    taoin – to empty out – drain
    timidín – anything – small – insignificant – (small cock of hay etc)
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. glossaries (~227)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    E. Treanor
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Informant
    John Treanor
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    77
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Glen More, Co. Monaghan