School: Achadh Mhaoláin (roll number 9254)
- Location:
- Aghawillin, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Mrs Prior
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0226, Page 432
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- (continued from previous page)Skawlkeen - Whiskey boiled with sugar on it
Brock - Anything broken up. Skins of potatoesÁl-cóbh - A press in the wall. There was one in every house long agoErishes - Creels made of Bull-rushes
Gad - Loop on the side of a creel to fasten on the straddle
Easin - Eave of a thatched house
Kesh - Sort of a bridge
Greeseen - A harmless person
Spancial - For tying a goats' legs
Dabbler - A little wooden saucer with a hole in the centre for putting over the dash outside the churn-lidOdges - WonderfulA Soddach - An oaten cake wet with buttermilk and baked on the tongsBonnach - A common oat-meal cakeGerse a chudeen - Said to a cow whilst milking her meaning to stand at easeLuaidie - A lazy good for nothing personSteeveen - A wooden instrument used for setting potatoes with a peg about six inches in length and six ins. from the point Gogee - An egg
Cludogue - A feast on Easter SundayGrisheen - Said to a child who has lost the front teethSpree - A dance in a country house with porter at it. It is sometimes called a " join "Dorsh - Said to a cow when going into the byre
Far-gortha - Hunger
