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School: Loughteague, Stradbally (roll number 6129)

Location:
Loughteeog, Co. Laois
Teachers:
Brigid Keane Brighid Ní Chatháin
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    Amadán
    Stuach
    Stóca
    Stúcán
    Gam
    Gamaille
    Óinseach - applied to both sexes
    Lorcadán - (Hurk-a-dhawn) a little small man
    Dug - (dhug) - ignorant person
    Gobaidhe - (gubby) - a maneen, a boy aping manhood

    Croc - (kruck) - a person as mean as a hangman - also a nickname "The Croc"

    Scáileáin (scawleen) - having a miserable look
    Cáididh - (caw-dhee) - a dry cute person - a nickname

    Cadhlúc - (Kyle-luke) - long awkward shaped person
    Clothúc - (Cló-hook) ditto

    Madra / Mada - a brazen woman
    Rúitín - a child fond of dirt, mud
    Spriosán - a miserable little fellow
    Bodach - an ignorant person
    Bacach - a person as mean as a beggar-man
    Deothach - Deothadh - a person meaner than a bacach
    Sgolog - farmer
    Spailpín - labourer, more generally a mean fellow
    Bullabhán - (bullavawn) - a bully
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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