School: Donore (roll number 6668)
- Location:
- Donore, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Maighréad Nic Eóin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0682, Page 100
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- Fochla Gaedhilge atá i n-úsáid fós san gceanntar seo.Gob - the mouth.
Pincín - a small fish found in streams.
Filibín - a plover.
Diabhál - (sometimes called a "jet")
Galdaight = goon[?] - said to be like a 'leech' and found under stones.
Clábar - mud
Clúdóg - a gift of eggs at Easter.
Ciotóg - left-handed
Fláitheamhail - generous, big-hearted.
Bruightín - mashed potatoes with butter and milk mixed in.
Giostaire - an old-fashioned boy, a "maneen".
Geancanach - (gankanah) a precocious child.
Geamaigh - blear-eyed. (Also applied to anything that is shaky or rickety).
bean-sídhe - a fairy. (Said to folow certain families). When the bean-síde is heard crying it is a sure sign of death.
Slíghbhín - (sleveen) a sly trickster.
Crúb - a pig's foot.
Bontaigh - small - an undersized person.
Scráib - to scratch with the nails.
Bhóitín - a pious person.
Geabaigh - fond of talking.
Sgeilp - a slap with the open hand.
Pos - to wash clothes without a washing board. (also - the clothes are "posain" wet.)
