School: Drumatemple (B.) (roll number 7496)
- Location:
- Drumatemple, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Michael Quinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0261, Page 069
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- (continued from previous page)he is said to be Proichin.
When a person gets a new suit of clothes the people say to him " Tá tú mar tá tú 'is níl tú gan Locht ". When a boy does anything bad he is called a "Larachán"
A hard cake that is not baked right is called a Priscín.
Oat meal and milk blended togetehr is called Suidín.
A rotten egg is called a slugar.When hunting an ass 's asal is said.A person who is always who is always laughing is called a stríosachán.A bad tradesman is called a Gobán.A person who is no good is called a Luadrachán
A big thin man is called a Staidhcear.A little fairy man who sits on a mushroom under a tree is called a leprachán.
A false man is called a Fear Bréige
A fairy man is called a sídheóg.
A fort is called a Dún or a líos
A basket for bringing in turf is called a Sgib
When a person is near the fire Te - Te is said.When a boy does something good " Maith a bhuachail " is said to him.When calling geese Baige, Baige is(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lawrence Edwards
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloonruff, Co. Galway
