School: Headfort
- Location:
- Virginia, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Miss J.E. Browne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0999, Page 036
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- 1) Greeshah = red hot peat ashes
2) Muck (muc) = a pig
3) Cark ( cearc ) = a hen
4) Bardhog ( bardóg ) = a wodden pannier
5) Amadhawn ( amadán ) = a foolish fellow
6) Bakah (bacach) = lame as (a bakah leg) lame leg
7) Ceilidh = a night visit to a neighbour's house
8) Shanahus ( Seanchus ) = a chatty conversation
9) Gawl-lah = stiff soil where there is a large proportion of blue clay
10) Gawbh ( gob ) = the mouth
11) Puckar ( pucar ) = a hurry ( i.e. to be a PUCKAR = to make haste
12) Stulk (stuilc) = stubborn fit = to be in a " STULK "
13) STHARMOGS = stubborn fits as " he took the STHARMOGS "
14) Kawsie = unreasonable ACTING when angry, for instance when a person has been angered he may very often break household articles or otherwise show his wrath in his actions, he is then said " to cut a KAWSIE "(continues on next page)
- Collector
- J. Browne
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
