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School: Nart (roll number 11660)

Location:
Nart, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Adoo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0952, Page 263

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    out of court "Ta'nam dó'n diabhal, tá'n breitheamh ar meisce."
    bean-sidhe
    bannóg - a cake of bread.
    brabailleach - rubbish, rabble, "if the brabailleach of the country would let our Johnny alone".
    bráy[?] - A turn of illness or a turn at working, e.g. at the churning.
    broc - refuse - what is given to fowl after dinner.
    caibín
    cabar - scum.
    cealldrach - clown or idiot
    cailleach - Old women in skirts or breeches.
    cionn - (In phrase cíop mo chionn)
    cíor - comb - "cíor mo cheann"
    carn - a heap
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. buildings
          1. schools (~4,094)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    A. F. M. Mc Adoo
    Informant
    Mrs Horan
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Principal
    Address
    Crappagh, Co. Monaghan