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School: Wilkinstown (roll number 1917)

Location:
Wilkinstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Máire Ní Failcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0711, Page 007

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  1. Irish Words Used in the District (continued)

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    " Thawah "
    drawling in speech
    " Scaltyeen " "Eesgaleer"
    (?) tea or punch
    " Scraws "
    grasy sods put on a fence
    " Thackering "
    gathering scattered ears of corn after stacking has been finished
    " Cloodhog "
    eggs collected at Easter time by poor people.
    " Breedyog "
    figure of a female brought around by mumers on St Brigid's Eve
    " Fornint "
    opposite

    " Eeekeen "
    a piece of material used to increase the length of a garment ( especially a flannel petticoat ) which was not long enough. Piece of calico, which was much cheaper than the flannel was generally used.

    " Cleever "
    a poultry dealer
    " Mollies "
    land sloping suddenly to a river - a "brow" of land
    " Ceerog "
    an earwig
    " Bunyamuk "
    a kind of Thistle with milky juice in the stem and leaves
    " Copóg "
    the dock leaf
    " Bulthran "
    yellow flowered weed found growing in pasture
    " Gad "
    the band of a sheaf
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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