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Ar an leathanach seo

1. Irish Words and Phrases in the English of the District (ar lean)

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   Pluchar

   I've heard "what 'Plucarin' ar you at"
   meaning what coughing (of rather soft nature) are you at

   
   Spadar

   The word still in use in the locality meaning soft turf

   
   "Hane"

   You should "HANE" that butter meaning spare it. I think this localism is the phonetic rendering of the Irish word Séan from Séanaim = I deny

   
   Gal - Chruadhas

   I heard this word in the Malin Head District from a man whose mother spoke Gaelic. He used it with reference to a long period of dry weather with a breeze (wind usually southeast)

   
   "Gopeen"

   They say here a "GOPEEN" of potatoes and a "GOPEEN" of meal. This was the quantity sometimes given to the Fear Deirce in the old days when they were often glad to get these commodities. Just now, 1938, they hardly ever gather potatoes or meal - they want money or some dearer commodity than above

   
   Corran Cnuasach

   Grammatically this should be Corran Cnuasaigh but this is how I heard it.
   Corran - a reaper's hook
   Cnuasach = a gathering or collection of something -
   the hook used to cut or gather seaweed which is used as manure

   
   Lacthar

   The word used in this locality where Éilin

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

   Stair Athraigh

   Topaicí

   1. seánra
      1. gluaiseanna (~227)

   Teangacha

   Gaeilge

   Béarla

   Faisnéiseoir

   Michael Doherty

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Aois

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