School: Cluain Mór (1), Baile an Droichid
- Location:
- Clonmore, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Laochdha
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- (continued from previous page)Scrish - " My feet are in a SCRISH " ( paining )
Croosting - throwing " croosting stones "Mang-een - a little man, a chap who thinks himself a man ( not pronounced " man-een " )Gráin-óg - " you little old GRÁIN-ÓG you " ( not grown up as should be ) ( also a rut )Slain - for cutting turf
Sprong - a manure forkCacks - old shoes worn round the kitchen or to keep the children's feet from thorns when gathering sticksCubby - little place under the stairs (play cubby house or baby house as shop etc for chn(?))Tilly - giving " luck ", giving anything extra
Óinseach - used as bacach - to either man or woman
Gomilla - ( gom ) - a foolGawk - " give us a GAWK at the paper ". " Don't be standing there GAWKING ( staring )Inch - a level field near a riverBruss - " he made BRUSS of the straw " - broke it into small piecesRule-án - same as Oil-eán, a big clumsy fellowKish - " A kish of turf " There was usually one man in a locality for measuring turf - " He praised ( measured ) the turf "
He was called a " PraiSHer ". Patsy Doolin ( Dowling ) was the local "praiser". He meausred it either on the " spread " or in the clamp.Dess - To arrange the sods of turf on the outside of a rick or clamp " Eye-ruch " - a roughness of the skin - " I have EYERUCK in my neck from this torn starched collar " ( Tom Donnelly )(continues on next page)- Informant
- James Whelan
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- John Lennon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killalongford, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- Mrs Kinsella
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Tom Donnelly
- Gender
- Male