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1. Some Irish Expressions Known to One or Two Older People in this District (continued)

   

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   CIRTILÍN:-

   If two men were fighting and one got badly beaten, it was said, one man "made a CIRTILÍN " of him - a ball or rag.

   
   PARDÁN:-

   The speak of " PARDÁNS " of rain. Pardán = (?); I suppose it refers to abundance.

   
   COIS AMACH or Cos Amach:-

   When a man who is now over seventy years of age, was a boy going to school, the children spoke of COS or COIS AMACH when running races. It meant " odds " of about a yard or as far as a boy could stretch out of his foot.

   
   CÁINÍN:-

   A piece of dirt that got into the eye. Probably from the Irish "Cáithnín" which means a husk (?) of corn; a little snowflake; atoms of butter as they begin to get separated in churning.

   
   BEAN a LEANNA:-

   They used the expression, " As drunk as " BEAN a LEANNA " but the literal meaning of the word was not known

   
   LUISEACH:-

   The term " LUISEACH THE HAY " was used. It meant to toss the hay into rows. I could not get the proper meaning of the term. A word " LUISEAG " is given as the haft of a knife.

   
   SPAIRT:- A heavy wet sod of turf.

   DÚRNÁN:- A stupid person

   AMALACH:- A foolish individual or awkward person.

   SGRAISTE:- A lazy person

   
   CAM ROILLG:-

   This is the sound of the Irish term, but I could not identify it. It was used for a crooked or deformed foot.

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