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School: Cluain Mór (1), Baile an Droichid

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Clonmore, Co. Carlow
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Séamus Ó Laochdha
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  1. Irish Words and Unusual Terms Used in the Clonmore School Area (continued)

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    Gir-óg ( gearróg ) - Short drills at the corner of a field
    A KNOCK of bushes ( cnoc ) -Large clump
    Fill-a-peen ( Pilibín ) - a plover
    Crú-been ( crúibín ) - A pig's foot
    Grois-kin, "s" broad, "i" of kin short ( gríscín ) - Pieces cut off the backbone of a pig: also groiskin of a chicken - the heart, liver etc. " The cake is burnt to a groiskin " is also used
    Bogán - an egg laid without a shell
    Puck-awn ( Poc ) - a male goat
    Gill-a-been ( ? gligín ) - a fool of a fellow
    Libe ( leabhb ) an awkward person - a LIBE of bacon ( a thick slice )
    Keer-óg ( Ciaróg ) - a cockroach
    "Crick" in the neck
    Prás-keen, "s" broad ( práiscín ) An apron made from a meal sack
    'Dil-eán, o & a long, a big clumsy fellow
    Kipeen ( cipín ) - bit of a stick
    Alannah - endearment
    A whaney - do.
    Um-a-dán ( amadán )
    Gab ( gob ) - a slap in the gab ( mouth )
    Puss ( pus) - Lip, mouth
    He came " clobbing " along - walking through mud and throwing his feet in every direction
    Mullagroting ( grousing, grumbling )
    Lána wáine ( lán a mhála ) - Plenty
    Fút-a-mawl-ee - an awkward person
    Side-"langs") - fetters on the feet of goats or sheep
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