School: Stonetown, Louth (roll number 16431)
- Location:
- Stonetown Lower, Co. Louth
- Teacher: P. Ó Dubháin
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- Socar sasta = an easy-going self-satisfied personGistra, gissan = a small old-fashioned personPessan = a small self-confident person
Traip = to force an argument on another
e.g. " he traiped it on me"
dhurnyán(?) = the short handles attached to a scythe handle
Druimacáns = the irons each side of a back-band for holding traces
Pracas = a mess or a mixtureScris (?) = a forbidding looking personCraag = an oversized handCaar = a grin or sneerLebadge = (evidently from "bed") a big lazy personSmiggan = a short beardKesh = a bridge over a drainShedgoge = a sudden breezeBácan = a peg in the groundShelica boolca = a snail
Spiddhoge = a small perky person after Irish word for robin - Lougha-na Gru (?) Carradicbay (?) Crockagara, Crock-na-Skeoge, Tulber-na-citch, Tulber-na-reely (?) Carrigrath, Crock-yars (?)
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