School: Ballynacally, Inis (roll number 2189)

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1. Words in Common Usage in this Locality (continued)

   

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   Súist - a flail
   Spreasacan - this word is applied to small potatoes
   Stiall - a wedge of bread. We speak of a STIALL of bread
   Spairt - a soft marshy place this name is

   Smidiríní - fragments. We speak of a person making SMIDIRÍNS of a cup

   Scabathán - a person who laughs at the least joke

   Stróinse - a lazy good for nothing girl. We speak of a lazy STRÓINSE of a girl

   Slogaire - a quagmire. We speak of a person who gulps his food as a SLOGAIRE

   Slúcamaor - a sly person, we speak of a person as an old SLÚCAMAOR

   Smailcear - a person who devours his food greedily

   Súgach - juicy. We speak of an apple as being very SÚGACH

   Súmaire - a sneaking fellow
   Súgán - a rope made from hay or straw

   Spunc - courage, we speak of a person as having great SPUNC

   Scanndral - a scamp
   Scéim - to sneak from school

   Scur - a sudden cut of a knife, we speak of a SCUR of a knife

   Scailp - a clump, we speak of a SCAILP of briars

   Sás -one capable of doing a thing we say a person is a SAS at story-telling

   Strólúsac - impudent - we speak of a cheeky boy as being very STRÓLÚSACH

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. schools (~4,094)

   Languages

   Irish

   English

   Collector

   Frank Tuohy

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Inishmore or Deer Island, Co. Clare