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School: Clongorey, An Droichead Nua (roll number 8361)

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Clongorey, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
S. Mac Phaitrisc
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  1. A Few Irish Terms Around Milltown, Co Kildare

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    “Sheelannach”. Used in expression “Walking sheelannach over yon” – said of someone riding roughshod over one.
    “Bocky moan”. A cow’s trouble in the legs – “boglame”.
    Borenagluck: A road on the way to Allen.
    “Religeen field”: On my cousin’s farm at Milltown, Co. Kildare is a small field, containing a ruin of some building which was particuially under the ground. This field is never tilled.
    Muhóg: anything such as a sock with the front cut away, used as a mitten.
    Bugawn: a soft egg.
    Cloodhog: An Easter present.
    Roo-ie: The fan of the bog. The top before the top sods are removed.
    Mug-leen myrock: A weed in the garden.
    Boochalawn: Prashach Chivee. A weed.
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    Thawlack: A wrist pain (generally applied to the pain coming after cutting turf.) The man Cutting, used an eel’s skin around his wrist to prevent a thawl-ach.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Partridge
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Clongorey, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    Annie Partridge
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    84
    Address
    Curragh, Co. Kildare