School: Wilkinstown (roll number 1917)

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1. Irish Words People Use When Talking

   

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   If they wanted their boots they would say: "Give me over my "brógs". If they were telling you a story they would say: "A leanna", or a "cuisle", or a "choilín". If they wanted a drink, they would say: "Give me a "noggin " of water, "gersa". If you gave them anything, they wold sometimes say: "Go raibh maith agat". If a visitor came to the house the person in the house would say: "Fáilte romhat". If a person was leaving a house, the people in the would say: "Beannacht leat". If a person was going to pass the night in some other house they would say: "I'm going for a "céilídh"..

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2. A Custom for Halloween

   

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   It is customary to put your boots in the form of a T when you are going to bed on Hallow Eve and say "I put my boots in the form of a T hoping tonight my true-love to see, the colour of his hair and the clothes he does wear, and his fair face turned to me."

   

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