School: Drumconrath (C.) (roll number 16144)
- Location:
- Drumcondra, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Úna Ní Chongbhaile
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- (continued from previous page)Phonetic - Probable Word -Meaning
Scraw - sgráth - top sod in bog bank cuts thrown inPus - pus - big lipsSpawg - spág - a big foot
Ban-shee - bean-sidhe - a ban-shee ( a fairy )
Smithereens - smitiríní - little bitsBanav - banbh - a young pig
Bracked - breac - speckled ( the field is bracked with crows)
Donny - dona - very ill
Strig - strig - last milk of cow ( strig the cow )
Sop - sop - a wisp
Arcan - arcán - the smallest of a brood of animals ( or person )
Be creena - bí críona - be wiseRanney - ----- - a thin personClutack -
" Chuckie " - tiocfaidh - come ( " chuc-chuc " when calling hens )
Pollmore - poll-mór - a big holeBalderdash - ------ - nonsence
Mullaghmore - Mullach Mór - hilly field