School: Drumloughan (Dromlachan) (roll number 15665)
- Location:
- Sunnagh More, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Peadar Mac Giolla Choinnigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0221, Page 072
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- (continued from previous page)Árcán - a small person, the smallest pig in the litterBuncán - a little mound of earth, a little hillÉé-gin - the eaves of a thatched house
Chuck-chuck - to cal hens
Wheet -wheet - to call ducks
Yib - yib - to call turkeys
Deochaí - deochai - to call pigs
Suck - suck - to call calves
Cúilín - a little 3 cornered fieldCurrach - a low-lying rushy marshy placeTamhnach - an arable field beside a house, not tilledCol-op - to cut in big slicesQuilt - a coward
Croag - resembling a horse collar, made of rushes to teach a person how to swim
Gugar - to place splits in holes after setter (potatoes)Bacóg - an armful of turf
Botán - the scattered straw left after threshing when rolled in a lump and tied
Clod - a small piece of broken turfDrácaigh - a lonely sad looking person, a wet dull dayDróll - jolly comic or funny personGealas (?) - a light-hearted happy personGeannach - short grass growing in meadows
Slánlús - a weed that grows in meadows and hard (?) as hay(continues on next page)
