School: Donore (roll number 6668)
- Location:
- Dún Uabhair, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Maighréad Nic Eóin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0682, Page 102
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- Fochla Gaedhilge atá i n-úsáid fós san gceanntar seo.Spág - flat-footed.
Striog - (to "strig") to take the last drop of milk from the cow.
Dunch - blow of a cow's head.
Seán - (Shane) the smallest pig of a litter.
Pullich - a potato basket made of sallis.
Coiseóg - a straw out of a besom.
Besom - a brush made of twigs.
Goudaigh - (Ghoudie) a simple sort of person. One who is inclined to believe anything he is told.
Sceip - a straw bee-hive.
Lasaid - (lusset) a board on which bread used to be made.
Gogaidhe - an egg.
Maoilín - a cow without horns.
Straoill - an untidy woman.
Pistrióg - nonsense, superstition.
Scraith - a sod - the top sod.
Tráithnín - something of little worth - a blade of grass. (Sometimes applied to a thin delicate child.)
Snámhdaidhe - a sneak.
Sibín - a shebeen.
Meig - a goat's beard.
Créatúir - the poor creature (créatúir)
