School: Broadford, Moyvalley (roll number 764)

Location:
Broadford, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Dónall Ó Buachalla
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  1. 1) gráinneog = hedge-hog
    2) clúdog
    = eggs gathered at Easter.
    Long ago persons went from house to house before Easter collecting eggs, which were eaten on Easter Sunday by the gatherers, - and very likely by the members of their households. There is an expression "my clúdóg on you", used by people before Easter, meaning I daresay that the person spoken to owed an Easter present to the speaker for some good act performed.
    3) Cadhrán (pr. keerawn)
    = a small sod of turf
    4) Curlewn (curlew)
    = caoirtiún (cúirtiún)
    5) Cíotóg (left hand)
    6) Amadán : a fool
    7) He is very donny (donaidhe),
    said when a person is very ill.
    8)He was whispering and "cogering"
    (ag cogarnaigh)
    9) Many the time when I was a young lad I was sent down to Gilligan's Mill for a bag of dannok (deannach)
    (John Kelly, Royal Oak, aged 42)

    10) A Leana (a leanbh) Avic (a mhic)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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