School: Emly (B.) (roll number 16059)
- Location:
- Emly, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Lachtnáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0580, Page 003
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- A.
adeir sé = says he.aghaidh feidil = a mask.ailleán = a good for nothing person.aingceiseoir(?) = an unfortunate
person.
aindeis = miserable, or wretched.
alped = to eat voraciously,"He alped the dinner I gave him".
amadán = a fool.
ar sé = says he.
ara = indeed.
arc or orc = a stunted animal such as a bonham which did not grow.
B
bacach = a disreputable person.
báinín = a flannel waistcoat.balbhán = a person who mutters his words or speaks indistinctly.
balcais = a big heavy awkward woman.
bán = a lea fieldbán riabhach = a lea field ploughed into drills.
banbh = a young pig.
bas = the flat of a hurley or a straw mat to kneel on.
bás or básán = a delicate person.
básing = in bad health, or ill - "I was básing all the year".(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tomás Ó Lachtnáin
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
