Scoil: Cluain Mór (1), Baile an Droichid

Ar an leathanach seo

1. Irish Words and Unusual Terms Used in the Clonmore School Area (ar lean)

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   Desh - ( noun ) the outside fixed sods in a clamp of turf ( verb ) to put those sods in position

   Piggin - made of wood, iron hoops, one handle for milking cows with

   Trenchers - wooden spoons

   Roas-bóg - the unmelted skin of unrendered lard in a frying pan

   Mummy - potatoes boiled into MUMMY ( overdone )
   Cab-a-sheen - like CAUBEEN, old hat
   Rúr-awn - a big strong man
   Cool - wooden tub for butter
   Save-all - cup shaped wooden article over lid of churn
   Graion-óg - hedge hog
   Hawn-ta - salt ? ( Mrs Kinsella ) ping-awn-feathers (?)
   Stang ground - manured ground let for a crop for money

   Splocking - " the horse was splocking " - hitting his foot against the ground

   Waum-ising - going slowly from side to side, " waumising along the road "

   Trape-sing - going in and out all day but doing little work

   Kizened - the potato was KIZENED up with the sun
   ( wrinkled )

   Sraums - pieces of solid matter in the corner of the eye after waking in the morning

   Bon or Bon-een - young pig
   Mootching - going slowly
   Mitching - not going to school when sent
   Keeler - a two eared wooden tub ( Mrs Kinsella )

   Spágs - big, awkward feet " you're walking on my toes with your big SPÁGS "

   Meg - a goat's " whiskers "
   Dul - a fistful of thatch

   Masher - a swank. " if you want to be a masher, graze yr, whiskers with a rash (?)

   Rans - " the heels of my boots are worn down to the tans ( the uppers )

   Gad-ee - " a long GADEÉ of a fellow - tall awarkd roguish
   ( Godee eye, godee eye, God be with yr other eye "

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

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