School: Drumloughan (Dromlachan) (roll number 15665)
- Location:
- Sunnagh More, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Peadar Mac Giolla Choinnigh
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- I have written some of the words in English to bring out the manner in which they are pronounced in this district and also others that I felt it difficult to render the correct pronunciation in Irish letters.***************************
Rip = a bad class of woman, a disturber,
Riansán = to tell old stories
molty = the stone that marks for pitch and toss
brollock = a useless person
Ró- dhuíl = like likeable kindly person
moat = dirt in the eye.
dod = a raw cake
tump = to beat
eár = pronounced like the english word "are" and means the mark left by a healed wound.
plúsán = a person that is always crying
clúsán = a crying complaining person
con-acre =If a man lets another man sow potatoes in his land it is called con-acre potatoes. The man tilling pays for the con-acre.
có-work =If two men agree to do the spring's work together.Sprat=A kind of rushes that grows in heavy wet meadows.
ray-widdeén = the little bird that follows the cuckoo(continues on next page)