School: Emly (B.) (roll number 16059)
- Location:
- Emly, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Lachtnáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0580, Page 010
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- (continued from previous page)sgeach = a stunted bush.
sgiath = a wicker basket used for washing potatoes.
sgollóg = clown.
sgoilte = a sod left, when ploughing lea land, to be afterwards turned in.spailpín = a scamp. Hardly ever heard in its proper meaning.
síol a phíacha (?) = earwig.
scuírlúin = a tall thin fellow
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tocht = a smothering or fullness of the chest.
toice = a fat little girl.
tóir = blame. "Don't put the tóir on me"
tor = a thick bunch of grass.tor = heed or interest. "He put no tor in that story".
tráithnín = a long dry blade of grass.
tráileach = a pain in the wrist.
tuille = something over and above.
turtóg = a lump of dry land in a boggy place.tré na céile = in confusion.Tomás Ó Lachtnáin O.S.
31/10/1937
Collected through school boys and people resident in district.
- Collector
- Tomás Ó Lachtnáin
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
