School: Radharc na Sionainne (roll number 16477)
- Location:
- Clooncah, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Nóirín Ní Uiginn
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- (continued from previous page)alb luachair : bog "reptile" - somewhat like frog according to local superstition one of them would jump into a person's mouth and choke one. People avoid them
baicín : a walking stick
praiscín : an apron
clábar : dirt
cluaisín : "ear" of a can, to hold handle
baitín : stick - generally short - used by old man or woman.
mullachán : referred to an awkward person
dúmán : a thick unintelligent person.potán : applied to something fat and plumb such as "That's a fine potán of a hen".
faraor gearr : regret.
tála : a swelling of the wrist like a cist.
tramach tramach = mixed : tré na chéile.
polltóg = name given to high sounding word in English.
scaltán = young unfeathered bird.
