School: Breac-Cluain (roll number 4796)
- Location:
- Brackloon, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Meachair
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- (a) cleeves (baskets for animals' backs).
(b) párdógues (baskets with movable bottoms.
(c) scorogues. pegs on donkey's straddle for hanging as (b) above
(d) sooawns (levers keeping up movable párdógue bottoms.
(e) thoonogues (movable bottoms of above (b).
(f) errish ring that holds up thoonogue (e)
(g) bochogue. contrivance like straddle for carrying timber, bogdeal, etc. on donkey's back.
(h) bochlogues (buds of potatoes; especially when long, as in the pits)
(i) leeawns. (bits left after slits are cut)
(j) dhurneen (hand grasp in sythe)
(k) breshin (armful of turf)
(l)buckaun (crook for hanging a door on -)
(m) theeshlogue (seat made of platted straw)
(n) shlawn (sleán) spade for cutting turf.
(o) lawchee (lágachaidh) nice, agreeable in manner
(p) scabeán (a young unfeathered bird)
(q) bodhrán (for winnowing corn)
Throth.
