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School: St Columkille's, Aughnacliffe (roll number 14220)

Location:
Aghnacliff, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Eoghan Mac Aodha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0762, Page 073

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  1. Irish Words and Phrases that Are Used in English Speech in this District (continued)

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    drink.
    Barricin: a toe or a piece of leather on the toe of a shoe.
    Sgor: to skin lightly.
    Talach: a pain in the wrist generally felt by men cutting oats with a reaping hook.
    Scrab: A scrape.
    Pus: a grin.
    Puisin: a little cat or kitten.
    Puilpin: a plover.
    Poch: a little sack.
    Sugain: a straw rope.
    Mapstaidhe: a very fat child.
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