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School: Guaire (Goorey) (roll number 7929)

Location:
Goorey, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Úna M. Montgomery
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1124, Page 49

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  1. Local Words and Phrases

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    Fadge = potato-bread
    Brochan = porridge
    wain = child
    whuderit = a weazel
    broc = badger
    gully-glian = an earwig
    a forty-footer = a many footed insect
    Blind stan = blind man's buff
    poundies = mashed potatoes
    thrawn = contrary, disagreeable
    a flinging horse = a kicking horse
    a cruan? = a seal
    a berring? hundred-feet = a centipede
    bum-clock = cockroach
    jump the bullocks = leap frog
    sally-bushes = willows
    schundler - put off, disincline
    It would schundler you = It would sicken you
    a wallop, a skite = a slap
    Riddle :- A sheet full of crumbles and a hannock of bread? The moon and the stars
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. glossaries (~227)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Úna M. Montgomery
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Múinteoir
    Address
    Goorey, Co. Donegal