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School: Drumconrath (C.) (roll number 16144)

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Drumcondra, Co. Meath
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Úna Ní Chongbhaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0712, Page 056

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0712, Page 056

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  1. Gaeilge Words Still in Use in this District

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    Phonetic - Probable Word - Meaning

    ( phonetic as sounded here)
    Alanna - leanbh - a child
    Girsha - girsidh - a girl
    Garsun - garsun - a boy
    (gasoon)

    Bacac - bacac - lame
    ("bacac Pat")

    Giblets - gioblac - tatters
    Brosna - brosna - dried sticks
    Avic - A mhich - son

    Miley Cow - maol - cow without horns

    Bugog - bogig - egg with soft shell
    Slain - sleaghan - turf spade

    Batin - batan - armful of hay
    or straw itself

    Gawl - Gabhail - an armful untied
    Cipeen - cipín - a little stick
    Pareen - póirín - a small potato
    Slat - slat - a yard
    Greesha - griosadh - red embers
    A Glug - glug - a rotten egg
    Gorta - gorta - a miser

    Cushog - cosog - straw with seeds on it

    Go leor - go leor - plenty
    Cabeen - cáibín - an old hat

    Cracree - crathadh croidhe - a fit of shivering
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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