School: Emly (B.) (roll number 16059)
- Location:
- Emly, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Lachtnáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0580, Page 008
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- (continued from previous page)leibide = an awkward person.
leipreachán = applied as term for a very small man.
go leór = plenty
liobasta = too fat or untidy.
liopa = a surly dark person.
lios = a fort.
log = a hollow.
lúidín = the little finger.
lúb = a bend.
lúireach = a miserable wretch.
M
máilín = a bag from which potatoes are set or a mallet.
maig = stiffness.
mamailíneach = a clownish person.
N
nóinín = a daisy.
neimhnídh = nothing or very little.
O
ocrasán = a mean miserly person.
ógánach = a young man.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tomás Ó Lachtnáin
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
