School: Drumbaniffe, Crusheen

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1. Gaelic Salutations or Words Used Locally (continued)

   

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   fastened with a rope and usually carried on one's back.

   A turf spade is always called a sleaghán, and a clod of earth a scraith. A meitheal ( number of men assisting a neighbour in the sowing or reaping of crops ) is also a common word. Mould on jam or on any food left exposed to air or dampness is termed cúnlach liath.

   Red hot ashes is called gríseach, and the snipe is called the gabhairín bainne beirbhthe.

   Mashed food e.g. mashed potatoes, carrots, parsnips, etc. is termed brúightín.

   A blade of grass is usually called tráithnín. A foolish person is termed leadhb and an untidy woman is known as a sríl or srílín. Amadán and óinseach are also common words.

   Long ago when coffins were carried on mens' shoulders all the way to the cemetery it was customary to rest the coffin on certain large stones. This stone was called Cloch na h-Onóra. One such flat stone may be seen on the old way to Inchicronan cemetery. The stone is in a field about a half mile south of Crusheen village ( eight miles north of Ennis. ) A new road has been made to this

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   History Edit

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Collector

   Máire Ní Lionnáin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drumbonniv, Co. Clare

   Informant

   William Linnane

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Crusheen, Co. Clare