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School: Firoda (roll number 2788)

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Firoda Upper, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Dáithí Ó Meachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 156

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  1. Words etc that Have Been Adopted into the Ordinary Speech of this District

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    A.
    amadán
    { a leanbh
    { a mhic
    { a stór
    antachán - a cross person
    amaileach - unhandy
    B.
    bróg
    buachallán
    brighdeóg
    bocán - to hang a door on (using hinges)
    bogán - soft egg
    {bean-sidhe}
    {both-caornte}
    báirserach - child given to crying
    bastún - One who finds it hard to learn
    bligeárd
    buailtín - a stick
    bonn-leach - hardness on a foot
    bladar - person fond of talking
    bodhrán - when you get tired of listening to a person you say :- "My head is in a bodhrán".
    bacach (i) lame person
    (ii) a "mean person
    bacach lámh - with only use of one hand
    buachaill
    bean-á-tighe
    bloc - to chop wood on
    baile-á-lachan - name of an adjoining townland
    ban'ín - small pig
    braoinín
    bodráil - deafening a person
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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