School: Cromadh (B.)
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- Croom, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Dáithí Ó Ceanntabhail
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“Maidiúr = (Moydure), thus: A person who, having done some little act of kindness and being invited to "help himself" by way of appreciaton for what was done proceeds to do so with a vengeance, earns for himself the remark: "and didn't he have the maidiúr ”
"Maidiur- (Moydure) thus: A person who, having done some little act of kindness, and being invited to "Help himself, by way of appreciation for what was done. Proceeds to do so with a vengeance, earns for himself the remark: "And didn't he have his maidiur out of it". That is out of whatever he was asked to partake of.(From Gearoid O' hAoda, Muinteoir, Dan Scoile, Cromadh:
I think this word must be the Portuguese mocdore, a coin. A.O'C.)(no title)
“Dilín Daor (Dileen dhare) ...”
Dilin Doar (Dileen dhare)= Deilin daor.A person who makes a rigmarole about a trivial affair. Who speaks hurriedly, and as if what he has to say has been studied and learned by heart, invites the comment from the narrator's mother. " and if it wasn't he who made the dileen daor of it".From Gearoid O' hAodha.
It looks like being a stereotyped begging petition. D. O'C.- Collector
- Gearoid O hAodha
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“When boot-polish - "Martindale's Blacking" - was not available in our house, oaten straws were burned over an upturned pot-lid and the particles of carbon left were carefully collected on the lid.”
"When boot-polish - "Martindale's blacking" - was not available in our house, oaten straws were burned over an upturned pot-lid and the particles of carbon left were carefully collected on the lid. When sufficient was collected, it was mixed into a plaster - by the addition of milk - new milk. I think, and the resulting material gave a tolerably satisfactory polish, but when rubbed to a "shine" it produced(continues on next page)